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Wagamese's book showcases the terrors of residential schools and illuminates ice hockey, a popular sport in Canada, in a positive light. [13] In 2014, Thomas King's book, The Inconvient Indian: a Curious Account of Native People in North America, won the Burt Award. King tells a story about the past relations between settlers and natives.
Richard Wagamese (October 14, 1955 – March 10, 2017) was an Ojibwe Canadian author and journalist from the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations in Northwestern Ontario. [3] He was best known for his novel Indian Horse (2012), which won the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2013, and was a competing title in the 2013 edition of Canada Reads.
This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas. This list includes authors who are Alaskan Native , American Indian , First Nations , Inuit , Métis , and Indigenous peoples of Mexico , the Caribbean, Central America, and South America , as defined by the citizens of these Indigenous nations and tribes.
Jeannette Christine Armstrong OC (Okanagan: lax̌lax̌tkʷ; born 1948) is a Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist.She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and English languages. [1]
David Alexander Robertson (born 12 January 1977) is a Canadian author and public speaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba.He has published over 25 books across a variety of genres and is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award [1] His first novel, The Evolution of Alice, was published in 2014. [2]
Julie Flett is a Cree-Métis author and illustrator, known for her work in children's literature centered around the life and cultures of Indigenous Canadians. [1] Flett is best known for her illustrations in books such as Little You, and When We were Alone, as well as for her written work in books such as Birdsong.
Emily Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake (pronounced dageh-eeon-wageh, lit. ' double-life '), [1] was a Canadian poet, author, and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North America. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-408-8. Pettipas, Katherine (1994). Serving the Ties That Bind: Government Repression of Indigenous Religious Ceremonies on the Prairies (PDF). Manitoba Studies in Native American History. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press.