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This Land by Ashley Fairbanks, Illustrated by Bridget George (2024)

𐚯 History of land and place

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

𓇢𓆸 Indigenous presence

Mitzy's First Time Picking Sweetgrass by Emily A. Isaac Johnson (2023)

🌱 Plant relationships and teachings

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

🪶 Traditional medicine

𑗕 Ceremony

Moonbeam Meets the Medicine Man by Gail Francis, Illustrated by Emma Hassencahl-Perley (2024)

🗣️ Cultural stories

Moonbeam by Gail Francis, Illustrated by Tara Audibert (2023)

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

𓅸 Family

We Belong to the Drum by Sandra Lamouche, Illustrated By: Azby Whitecalf (2023)

✷ Cree teachings and culture

𐘦 Cultural safety

📖 Inclusive education

𓅸 Family

The Land Knows Me: A Nature Walk Exploring Indigenous Wisdom by Leigh Joseph, Illustrated by Natalie Schnitter (2024)

✷ Squamish teachings and culture

🌱 Plant relationships and teachings

🗣️ Cultural stories

The Animal People Choose a Leader by Richard Wagamese, Illustrated by Bridget George (2024)

💗 Love and Empathy

🌎 Connection to land

🤝🏽 Leadership

When the Owl Calls Your Name by Alan Syliboy (2023)

✷ Mi’kmaw teachings and culture

🦉 Mortality

💫 Grief

🌀 Journeying home

Unit Project: Repatriation, Museums, and Indigenous Artifacts Through "Warrior Girl Unearthed"

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Featured

This Place: 150 Years Retold by a multiple incredible Indigenous authors, Foreword by Alicia Elliott (2019)

📖 Graphic Novel

✷ Mi’kmaq teachings & culture

✷ Cree teachings and culture

✷ Métis teachings and culture

✷ Anishinaabe teachings and culture

✷ Dene teachings and culture

Ravensong by Lee Maracle (2017)

𓅸 Family

𓆉 Womanhood

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

🦋Coming-of-age

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead (2018)

🌈 2SLGBTQQIA+

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

💗 Love and Empathy

𓅸 Family

✷ Oji-Cree teachings and culture

Spirit and Intent by Sara General (2016)

✷ Haudenosaunee teachings and culture

📖 Short Stories

𓆉 Womanhood

🗣️ Cultural stories

Crees in the Caribbean by Drew Hayden Taylor (2016)

𓇢𓆸 Indigenous presence

🗣️ Cultural stories

✷ Cree teachings and culture

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier (1983)

𓅸 Family

✷ Métis teachings and culture

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

𓆉 Womanhood

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson (2017)

𓅸 Family

🧠 Mental health

🦋Coming-of-age

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

Real Ones by Katherena Vermette (2024)

🕸️ Identity

✷ Métis teachings and culture

🎭 Pretendian

𓅸 Family

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (2023)

⚠️ Post-apocalyptic

🥍 Survivance

✷ Anishinaabe teachings and culture

🦋 Coming-of-age

🌎 Connection to land

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (2018)

✷ Anishinaabe teachings and culture

🌎 Connection to land

⚠️ Post-apocalyptic

🥍 Survivance

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott (2023)

✷ Kanien’kéha teachings and culture

🌌Creation story

🔑 Return to land, culture and identity

💫 Grief

𓆉 Womanhood

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

✷ Anishinaabe teachings and culture

𐚯 History of land and place

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

🤝🏽 Leadership

𓅸 Family

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (2021)

🦋Coming-of-age

🍓MMIWG

🕸️Identity

✷ Anishinaabe teachings and culture

🌱 Plant relationships and teachings

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson (2022)

🦋Coming-of-age

🌈 2SLGBTQQIA+

𓅸 Family

💗 Love and Empathy

🕸️Identity

The Circle by Katherena Vermette (2023)

𓅸 Family

💗 Love and Empathy

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

𓆉 Womanhood

💪🏼Strength

The Strangers by Katherena Vermette (2021)

𓅸 Family

𓆉 Womanhood

💗 Love and Empathy

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

The Break by Katherena Vermette (2016)

𓅸Family

𓆉 Womanhood

💗 Love and Empathy

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

Featured

A Map for Falasteen by Maysa Odeh, Illustrated by Aliaa Betawi

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

𐚯 History of land and place

𓇢𓆸 Indigenous presence

🔑 Return to land, culture and identity

𓅸 Family

My Olive Tree by Hazar Elbayya

🌱 Plant relationships and teachings

🌎 Connection to land

🔑 Return to land, culture and identity

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

These Olive Trees by Aya Ghanameh

𓇢𓆸 Indigenous presence

💫 Grief

🗣️ Cultural stories

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story by Malak Mattar

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

⚖︎ Systematic injustice

𓅸 Family

Kamal's Key by Rifk Ebeid, Illustrated by Sophia Soliman

🔑 Return to land, culture and identity

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

Homeland by Hannah Moushabeck, Illustrated by Reem Madooh

✮⋆˙ Generational resiliency

𐚯 History of land and place

𓅸 Family

🔑 Return to land, culture and identity

Baba, What Does My Name Mean? A Journey to Palestine by Rifk Ebeid, Illustrated by Lamaa Jawhari

🌀 Journeying home and self exploration

🌎 Connection to land

𓇢𓆸 Indigenous presence

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