Indigenous Authors Canada Spotlight Audiobooks Comics eBooks No waiting. No late fees. Always available. Broaden your literary perspective. At hoopla, we’re committed to building a diverse collection that meets the needs of your patrons. When it comes to great titles, hoopla is adding to the thousands we already feature every week, including Canadian audiobooks, comics, and eBooks. Author David A. Robertson Indigenous graphic novelist and writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Of Swampy Cree heritage, Robertson has published over 25 books across a variety of genres. His first novel, The Evolution of Alice, was published in 2014. In 2017 he won Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards/ Graphic Novel Category for Will I See? and When We Were Alone, and the Governor General’s Literary Award. He was a contributor to the anthology Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (2012). Author Christy Jordan-Fenton Author of four children’s books about Indian Residential School, published with Annick Press. Poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction have appeared in Water~Stone Review, Prairie Fire, Jones Ave, and Quills. Author Katherena Vermette Canadian writer, who won the Governor General’s Award for English- language poetry in 2013 for her collection North End Love Songs. Vermette is of Métis descent and originates from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was an MFA student in creative writing at the University of British Columbia. In addition to writing, Vermette advocates for the equality of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. 2 hoopladigital.com | CVS Midwest Tape | 1.866.698.2231 | 3875 McNicoll Avenue Unit 105, Toronto, Ontario, M1X 0C1 | cvsmidwesttape.ca Author Thomas King Thomas King has written several highly acclaimed children’s books. A Coyote Solstice Tale, illustrated by Gary Clement, won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award for Best Picture Book and A Coyote Columbus Story, illustrated by William Kent Monkman, was a Governor General’s Award finalist. King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent, was a Professor of English at the University of Guelph for many years, where he taught Native Literature and Creative Writing. He recently won the Governor General’s Award for his adult novel, The Back of the Turtle, and he has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2004. Author Tanya Talaga Acclaimed author of Seven Fallen Feathers, which was the winner of the RBC Taylor Prize and the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Nonfiction Prize and the BC National Award for Nonfiction, CBC’s Nonfiction Book of the Year, a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book, and a national bestseller. Talaga has been a journalist at the Toronto Star for twenty years, covering everything from general city news to education, national healthcare, foreign news, and Indigenous affairs. She has been nominated five times for the Michener Award in public service journalism, and she is the 2017–2018 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy. Author Richard Wagamese Richard Wagamese (1955-2017) was one of Canada’s foremost writers. He was a newspaper columnist and reporter, radio and television broadcaster and producer, documentary producer, and the author of over a dozen previous novels, including Keeper’n Me and Indian Horse, which was a Canada Reads Finalist. He was also the author of acclaimed memoirs, including For Joshua, the bestselling One Native Life, and One Story, One Song, which won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. Wagamese won numerous awards and recognition for his writing. He led writing and storytelling workshops across the country and made frequent appearances as a speaker. 2 hoopladigital.com | CVS Midwest Tape | 1.866.698.2231 | 3875 McNicoll Avenue Unit 105, Toronto, Ontario, M1X 0C1 | cvsmidwesttape.ca hoopladigital.com 3 Audiobook Authors Comic Authors Jen Storm Debwe: Fire Starters Content ID: 11965671 Michael Kusugak David Alexander Robertson Winnipeg, MB • Ojibway The Littlest Sled Dog 7 Generations: Ends / Begins 2017–Recipient for the CBC Content ID: 11939963 Content ID: 11965495 Manitoba’s Future 40 Over 40. Repulse Bay, NU • Inuit Winnipeg, MB • Swampy Cree 1994–Winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award 2017–Manuela Dias Book Design and for Children’s Literature for Northern Lights: Illustration Awards/Graphic Novel Category The Soccer Trails. for Will I See? and When We Were Alone. 2008–Winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award Governor General’s Literary Award. Katherena Vermette for Children’s Literature. A Girl Called Echo, Vol. 1: Pemmican Wars David Alexander Robertson Content ID: 1224278 Will I See? Winnipeg, MB • Métis Content ID: 11965498 2013–Governer General’s Award Monique Gray Smith for English-language poetry. You Hold Me Up David Alexander Robertson Content ID: 11939905 7 Generations: Stone Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Cree, Lakota, BC • Cree, Lakota, Content ID: 11965499 Red: A Haida Manga 20114–Burt Award for First Nations, Content ID: 11885783 Métis and Inuit Literature. David Alexander Robertson Haida Gwaii, BC • Haida 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga Content ID: 11965666 Patti Laboucane-Benson The Outside Circle Peter Jones David Alexander Robertson Content ID: 1223997 Only Two Religions 7 Generations: Scars AB • Métis Content ID: 11621510 Content ID: 11965667 2016–Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature for The Outside Circle. David Alexander Robertson Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story Richard Van Camp Content ID: 11965672 Debwe: A Blanket of Butterflies Richard Wagamese Content ID: 11965497 One Story, One Song David Alexander Robertson Fort Smith, NT • TłĮchǫ Content ID: 12231901 Tales from Big Spirit: The R. Ross Arnett Award for Children’s Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, Peacemaker: Thanadelthur Literature for his children’s book Little You. ON Ojibwe Content ID: 11965676 2013–Georges Bugnet Award for 2013–Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Fiction for his short story collection Inuit Literature for the novel Indian Horse. David Alexander Robertson Godless but Loyal to Heaven. Tales from Big Spirit: The Rebel: Gabriel Dumont Richard Van Camp Content ID: 11965677 Debwe: Three Feathers Content ID: 11965685 Thomas King David Alexander Robertson Fort Smith, NT • TłĮchǫ The Inconvenient Indian Tales from Big Spirit: The Land of Os: Content ID: 12130826 John Ramsay Sacramento, California Content ID: 11965678 eBook Authors Cherokee 2004–King was made David Alexander Robertson Alan Syliboy a Member of the Order Tales from Big Spirit: The Ballad of The Thundermaker of Canada. Nancy April: Shawnadithit Truro, NS • Mi’kmaq 2006–McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of Content ID: 11965687 the Year Award for a Short History of Indians. Armand Garnet Ruffo David Alexander Robertson The Thunderbird Poems Tales from Big Spirit: The Poet: Content ID: 11778247 Waubgeshig Rice Pauline Johnson Chapleau, ON • Ojibway Moon of the Crusted Snow Content ID: 11965696 2017–Mayor’s Arts Award Content ID: 12275589 by the City of Kingston. Wasauksing First Nation, ON • Anishinaabe David Alexander Robertson 2010–Best Picture award at the American 2012–Independent Publishers Book Award. 7 Generations: The Pact Indian Film Festival for A Windigo Tale; Content ID: 11965697 Peoples’ Choice Award at the Bay Street Film Festival. David Alexander Robertson Armand Garnet Ruffo Tales from Big Spirit: The Scout: Tommy Prince Norval Morrisseau Content ID: 11965698 Wayne Arthurson Content ID: 11784393 Chapleau, ON • Ojibway Blood Red Summer David Alexander Robertson Content ID: 12238444 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga Arthur Manuel Edmonton, AB • Cree Content ID: 11996663 Unsettling Canada 2012–$10,000 Alberta Readers Choice Award Content ID: 11945834 for his first crime novel, Fall From Grace, David Alexander Robertson Neskonlith Reserve, BC • Secwepemc Nation (Forge Book 2011). Tales from Big Spirit: The Chief: 2016–Canadian History Association Mistahimaskwa Aboriginal Book Award for Unsettling Canada, Content ID: 12191635 a National Wake Up Call. 4 hoopladigital.com Indigenous Business in Canada Keith G. Brown Arthur Manuel, Indigenous Business in Canada Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson Principles and Practices Unsettling Canada Content ID: 12147241 A National Wake-Up Call Content ID: 12147321 Frances Abele, Chris Southcott Tyler Shipley Ted Barris Care, Cooperation and Activism in Ottawa and Empire Fire Canoe Canada’s Northern Social Economy Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited Content ID: 12147487 Content ID: 12147425 Content ID: 12147470 Calvin Helin Keith Jamieson, Rod Mickleburgh Dances with Dependency Michelle A. Hamilton On the Line Content ID: 12147465 Dr. Oronhyatekha A History of the British Columbia Security, Justice, and Equality Labour Movement Content ID: 12147354 Content ID: 12147660 hoopladigital.com 5 eBook Authors Danielle Daniel Diane Daniel Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox Spirit Quest Content ID: 11703832 Content ID: 11818271 Beatrice Mosionier Sudbury, ON • Métis Egmont, BC • Sechelt Indian Band April Raintree 2016–Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award (Coast Salish) Content ID: 11935895 (CCBC) for Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox. Prestigious Woman of Distinction Saint Boniface, MB • Métis Award, Victoria, BC. Diane Silvey Bev Sellars Danielle Daniel Time of the Thunderbird They Called Me Number One Once in a Blue Moon Content ID: 11826576 Content ID: 11860378 Content ID: 11961091 Egmont, BC • Sechelt Indian Band Soda Creek, BC • Xat’sull