Here is a selection of contemporary stories written by Aboriginal and Metis authors and found in the picture book and fiction collection at your library.


The Crying Christmas Tree by Allan Crow (Ojibwe)

The Gathering Tree by Larry Lavoie

I Can't Have Bannock But the Beaver Has a Dam by Benelda Wheeler (Cree/Saulteaux/Metis)

Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee/Ojibwe)

Little Voice by Ruby Slipperjack (Ojibwe)

Morning on the Lake by Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Ojibwe)

My Kokum Called Today by Iris Loewen (Cree)

Peter's Moccasins by Jan Truss

Secret of the Dance by Andrea Spalding & Alfred Scow 

Shi-shi-etko by Nicola I. Campbell (Interior Salish/Metis)

Skysisters by Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Ojibwe)

Song Within My Heart paintings by Allen Sapp (Cree) ; text by David Bouchard

Those Tiny Bits of Beans by John Weir (Metis)