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  • Skin Like Mine

    In Skin Like Mine Garry Gottfriedson offers a suite of poems on what it feels like to be inside the skin of many contemporary native individuals. He pulls no punches as he reflects on the challenges facing native people today. He speaks of minds full of anticipation yet with tongues pointing arrowheads. He tells of how so many native young people are afraid to live / afraid to die / afraid of ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Deaf Heaven

    Follow Garry Gottfriedson in this new collection of combative poems as he compels us and Heaven to listen to the challenges facing First Nation communities today. Employing many of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) images and stories, Gottfriedson takes us inside the rez and into the rooming houses in the city cores, but always drawing new strength from the land and the people who have moved upon it. He ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Clinging to Bone

    New collection from the award-nominated Indigenous (Secwepemc) poet; A deep look at life in the First Nations communities in Canada today; Some very dark poems about the conditions on First Nations reserves, but the land usually saves the day; Cover design by Secwepemc artist Tania Willard. COMP. TITLES: Injun, Jordan Abel (2016, Talonbooks); river woman, Katherena Vermette (2018, House of Anansi) ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Tsqelmucwílc

    The Kamloops Indian Residential School―Resistance and a Reckoning

    In May 2021, the world was shocked by the news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. Ground-penetrating radar established the deaths of students as young as three in the infamous residential school system, where children were systematically removed from their families and brought to the schools. ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chaos Inside Thunderstorms

    Chaos Inside Thunderstorms draws the audience into the centre of the tumultuous political, socio/economical and historical reality of the First Nations experience in Canada today. It is poetic expression that examines leadership, resilience, honour, shame, and love. It examines the issues implicit in the Idle No More Movement and the Truth and Reconciliation conferences. Although the book speaks ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope

    Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation

    Series series Education
    Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation demonstrates actions academics have taken in relation to some of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Poetry, short stories, and children’s stories sit alongside scholarly chapters, mixing personal and academic voices to challenge and engage both the head and the heart about what Truth and ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

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    Tsqelmucwílc

    The Kamloops Indian Residential School―Resistance and a Reckoning

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    In May 2021, the world was shocked by news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. Ground-penetrating radar confirmed the vestiges of children as young as three on this site of the infamous residential school system, which systematically removed children from their families and brought them to the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A Really Good Brown Girl

    On the occasion of the press’s 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the fourth of six new editions of classic books from our back catalogue. This edition of A Really Good Brown Girl features a new Introduction by Lee Maracle, a new Afterword by the author and a new cover and design by the renowned typographer Robert Bringhurst. First published in 1996, A Really Good Brown Girl is a ... Read more

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  • The Colonial Problem

    An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada

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  • Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters

    In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous perspective. They acknowledge the destruction wrought by colonial violence, and also look at ... Read more

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  • Rising With a Distant Dawn

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    Rising with a Distant Dawn is a powerful and moving poetry collection, which stretches across the boundaries of skin colour, language, and religion to give voice to the lives and experiences of ordinary Aboriginal Canadians. The book captures timely personal and cultural challenges, and ultimately shares subtle insight and compassion. The poems embrace anguish, pride, and hope. They come from the ... Read more

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