Indigenous Heritage Book List

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

Call Me Indian: From The Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Indigenous Player by Fred Sasakamoose

Five Little Indians: A Novel by Michelle Good

From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle

Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness by Leigh Joseph

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

“Indian” in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power by Jody Wilson-raybould

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong by Larry Grant

Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School by Celia Baig-Brown

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

Tiná7 Cht Ti TemíxwWe Come From This Land: A Walk Through the History of the Squamish People By Squamish Nation

The Story of the Squamish People: 1901-2022 by Kultsia Barbara Wyss

The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

The Fire Still Burns: Life In and After Residential School by Sam George

The North-West is Our Mother by Jean Teillet

The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Wooly Dog by Liz Hammond-Kaaremaa

The Strangers by Katherena Vermette

They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars

Treaty # by Armand Garnet Ruffo

Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art by Karen Duffek, Bill McLennan and Jordan Wilson

You Are Asked to Witness: The Sto:lo in Canada’s Pacific Coast History by Keith Thor Carlson

A Day with Yayah by Nicola I Campbell

A Stranger At Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes

A Walk on the Tundra by Rebecca Hainnu and Anna Ziegler, illustrated by Qin Leng

Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt, illustrated by Amanda Strong

Be a Good Ancestor  by Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince, iluustrated by Carla Joseph

Berry Song by Michaela Goade

Cloudwalker by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd

Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull  by Nancy Mike, illustrated by Charlene Chua

Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes

Gifts from Raven by Kung Jaadee

Kits, Cubs and Calves: An Arctic Summer by Suzie Napayok-Short, illustrated by Tamara Campeau

I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Depuis and Kathy Kacer, ilustrated by Gillian Newland

Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii by Sara Florence Davidson and Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson

Miya Wears Orange by Wanda John-Kehewin

Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Oolichan Moon by Samantha Beynon

Phyllis’s Orange Shirt and Phyliss’s Orange Shirt and Today is Orange Shirt Day by Phyllis Webstad

Secret of the Dance by Alfred Scow and Andrea Spalding

Secret Path by Gord Downie, illustrated by Jeff Lemire

Stolen Words by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave

Shin-Chi’s Canoe by Nicola Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave

The Land Knows Me: A Nature Walk Exploring Indigenous Wisdom by Leigh Joseph

The Secret Pocket by Peggy Janicki, illustrated by Carrielynn Victor

When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett

Yetsa’s Sweater by Sylvia Olsen

Dear Canada: These Are My Words by Ruby Slipperjack

Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones

He Who Dreams by Melanie Florence

My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling

Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo) by Katherena Vermette, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson and colouring by Donovan Yaciuk

Speaking our Truths by Monique Gray Smith

The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson