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Indigenous Literatures at Camosun Library

The Camosun library is home to a varied array of Indignenous Literatures, available as both physical and electronic resources. This guide is a sampling of just a few of the resources in our collection.

For additional resources related to Indigenous Literatures, including author lists by genre, visit the ENGL 164: Indigenous Literature Guide.

Visit the "Welcome" tab on this guide for where to search for Indigenous resources in our collection. We also encourage you to reach out to our Liaison Librarian for Communications, English and Technology, Ally Flynn, with your questions.

Fiction

Ravensong: A Novel

Lee Maracle, 2017
Call Number: PS 8576 A6175 R38 2017
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Cover image of

There There: A Novel

Tommy Orange, 2018
Call Number: PS 3615 R32 T48 2018
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Book cover image of Jonny Appleseed

Jonny Appleseed: A Novel

Joshua Whitehead, 2018
Call Number: PR 9199.4 W4745 J64 2018​
Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Break

Katherena Vermette, 2016
Call Number: PS 8643 E74 B74 2016
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Son of a Trickster

Eden Robinson, 2017
Call Number: PS 8585 O35 S65 2017
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Trickster Drift

Eden Robinson, 2018
Call Number: PS 8585 O35143 T75 2018
Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline, 2017
Call Number: PS 8607 I53 M37 2017
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Cover art for

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

Drew Hayden Taylor, 2011
Call Number: PS 8589 A885 M68 2011
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Cover art for book, Split Tooth

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq, 2018
Call Number: PS 8639 A32 S65 2018
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Children's & Young Adult Literature

I Lost My Talk

Rita Joe, 2021
Illustrated by Pauline Young

Call number: PZ 8.3 J5846 2021
Authentic Indigenous Voices

I'm Finding My Talk

Rebecca Thomas, 2021
Illustrated by Pauline Young

Call number: PS 8639 H5875 I4 2021
Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Great Bear

David A. Robertson, 2021
Call number: PS 8585 O32115 G74 2021

Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Shaman's Apprentice

Zacharias Kunuk, 2020
Call number: PS 8621 U58 S53 2020

Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Journey Forward : A Novella on Reconciliation

"Lucy & Lola" by Monique Gray Smith, Illustrated by Julie Flett, 2018
"When We Play Our Drums, They Sing!" by Richard Van Camp, photography by Tessa MacIntosh, 2018

Call Number: PS 8323 R43 J68
Authentic Indigenous Voices

What's My Superpower?

Aviaq Johnston, 2017
Illustrated by Tim Mack

Call Number: PZ 7.1 J644 WH 2017
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Algonquin Sunset: An Algonquin Quest Novel

Rick Revelle, 2017
E-book
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Fatty Legs: A True Story

Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, 2010
Illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes

E-book and in print: E 96.5 J65 2010
Authentic Indigenous Voices

You Hold Me Up

Monique Gray Smith, 2017
Illustrated by Danielle Daniel

Call Number: PZ 7.1 G735515 YO 2017​

Authentic Indigenous Voices

When I Was Eight

Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, 2017
Illustrated by Gabrielle 
Grimard
E-book and in print: PZ 7 J67 WH 2013

Not My Girl

Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, 2014
Illustrated by Gabrielle
Grimard

E-book

Authentic Indigenous Voices

Little Voice

Ruby Slipperjack, 2001 
Illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette

E-book
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Biographies & Memoirs

Permanent Astonishment: A Memoir

Tomson Highway, 2021
Call number: PS 8565 I45 Z46 2021
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Hope Matters

Lee Maracle, Bobb Columpa & Tania Carter, 2019
E-book​ and in print: PS 8576 A6175 H67 2019
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Cover image of

The Reason You Walk

Wab Kinew, ​2015
Call Number: E 99 C6 K55 2015
Authentic Indigenous Voices

One Story, One Song

Richard Wagamese, 2016
E-book and in print: E 99 C6 W3383 2015
Authentic Indigenous Voices

Cover image of

My Conversations with Canadians

Lee Maracle, 2017
E-book and in print: PR 9199.3 M3497 A6 2017
Authentic Indigenous Voices