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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]
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.
Canadian Writers – Resource for Canadian authors publishing in English or French – Athabasca University, Alberta Studies in Canadian Literature – University of New Brunswick Dominion of the North: Literary & Print Culture in Canada – An online exhibition celebrating prominent poets, authors, and historians.
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]
The McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually since 2005 to a First Nations, Inuit or Métis writer for a work published in English in any literary genre. The author receives a cash award of $5,000, donated by the Canadian bookstore chain McNally Robinson.
(Winter 2014) “A Moon Made of Copper,” a book of poetry and non-fiction IBID: A selection of Canadian Poetry from All Lit Up (Spring 2015) The land we are: Artists and Writers unsettle the politics of reconciliation (Spring 2015) Cook’s Ferry Indian Band: Historical Context and Review (June 2016) Abort Magazine: Armstrong Metal Festival ...
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.
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.