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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything...
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Series
Jo Jo volume 1
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn--about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat), she's worried that she needs to figure out how to make more...
3) Josie dances
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As she prepares for her first powwow, an Ojibwa girl practices her dance steps, gets help from her family, and is inspired by the soaring flight of Migizi, the eagle. Includes glossary.
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English
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Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Historical [Middle School]
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Historical [Middle School]
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When fourteen-year-old Norvia moves from Beaver Island to Boyne City in 1914, she has to contend with a new school, a first crush, and a blended family, but she also must keep secret her parents' divorce and her Ojibwe heritage. Includes author's note.
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Series
Publisher
7th Generation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"... Sydney still working through her guilt over having been a bully at her previous school on the White Earth Rservation. When she ends up taking a punch in the face intended for her gay friend, everyone is sure she'll fight back, but her response is a total shocker. Is it really posible for bullies to change?"--Back cover.
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Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while...
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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American Indian Youth Literature Award
Indigenous Authors: Picture Books
Picture Books with Native Languages
Indigenous Authors: Picture Books
Picture Books with Native Languages
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"When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group, and traditional dancers, grass dancers, and jingle-dress...
10) Hungry Johnny
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Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"At the community feast, observing the bounty of festive foods and counting the numerous elders yet to be seated, Johnny learns to be patient and respectful despite his growling tummy"--
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Series
Sydney's journey volume 1
Publisher
7th Generation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Sydney was a bully at her old school, but when she moves to a new school, the roles are reversed, and she becomes the person who is bullied.
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Series
Birchbark house volume 1
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English
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She was named Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakayas and her family live on an island in Lake Superior. Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land, life continues much as it always has. But the satisfying rhythms of their life are shattered when a visitor comes to their lodge one winter night, bringing with him an invisible enemy that will change things forever-- but that will eventually...
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Phoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to dance--ballet, Pow Wow dancing, of just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with felling different, but his mom and brother are proud of him. With their help, Phoenix learns about Two Spirit/Niizh Manidoowag people in Anishinaabe culture and just how special he is.
"A powerful story about the importance of...
15) Rabbit Chase
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English
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A BookRiot "Don't-Miss 2022 Queer Graphic Novels & Memoirs"
Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass.
Aimée, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told
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Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Como miembro no oficial de su tribu nativa americana, Daunis Fontaine nunca acab�o de encajar. Sue�na con dejar su pasado atr�as y estudiar medicina, pero las circunstancias la llevan a tomarse un a�no para cuidar de su fr�agil madre en la reserva ojibwe. All�i conoce a Jamie, pero es un chico que oculta algo. Y entonces Daunis presencia un asesinato, y descubre que una droga letal amenaza a su comunidad. Ella conf�ia en que sus conocimientos...
17) Fire song
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"How can Shane reconcile his feelings for David with his desire for a better life? Shane is still reeling from the suicide of his kid sister, Destiny. How could he have missed the fact that she was so sad? He tries to share his grief with his girlfriend, Tara, but she's too concerned with her own needs to offer him much comfort. What he really wants is to be able to turn to the one person on the rez whom he loves--his friend, David. Things go from...
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