Bookmark Catalogue 2021 WEBSM

INDIGENOUS
Mischief Making
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Art,
and the Seriousness of Play
NICOLA LEVELL
Expressive and exuberant, comic and imaginative:
Yahgulanaas’s Haida manga art style investigates the
intersections of Indigenous and other world views,
the politics of land, cultural heritage, and global
ecological affairs, revealing a deep understanding of
the seriousness of play.
$29.95 PB 117 colour illus, 11 b&w illus. UBC Press
The Björkan Sagas
HAROLD R JOHNSON
Drawing upon his Cree and Scandinavian roots,
Harold R. Johnson merges myth, fantasy, and history
in this epic saga of exploration. The Björkan Sagas is
a bold, innovative fusion of narrative traditions set in
an enchanted world of heroic storytellers, shrieking
Valkyries, and fire-breathing dragons.
$24.99 HC House of Anansi
The 500 Years of
Indigenous Resistance
Comic Book
Revised and Expanded
GORD HILL PAMELA PALMATER
With strong, plain language and evocative
illustrations, this revised and expanded edition of
The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book
reveals the tenacity and perseverance of Indigenous
peoples as they endured 500-plus years of
genocide, massacre, torture, rape, displacement, and
assimilation: a necessary antidote to conventional
histories of the Americas. The book includes a
foreword by Pamela Palmater, a Mi'kmaq lawyer,
professor, and political commentator.
$19.95 PB Arsenal Pulp Press
Richard Wagamese
Selected
What Comes from Spirit
RICHARD WAGAMESE
DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR
This new collection of Wagamese’s non-fiction
works, with an introduction by editor Drew Hayden
Taylor, brings together more of the prolific author’s
short writings, many for the first time in print,
and celebrates his ability to inspire. Drawing
from Wagamese’s essays and columns, along
with preserved social media and blog posts,
this beautifully designed volume is a tribute to
Wagamese’s literary legacy.
$24.95 HC Douglas and MacIntyre
Me Tomorrow
Indigenous Views on the Future
DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR
First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, activists,
educators and writers, youth and elders come
together to envision Indigenous futures in Canada
and around the world. Discussing everything from
language renewal to sci-fi, this collection is a
powerful and important expression of imagination
rooted in social critique, cultural experience,
traditional knowledge, activism and the multifaceted
experiences of Indigenous people on Turtle Island.
$22.95 PB Douglas and MacIntyre
Borders
THOMAS KING NATASHA DONOVAN
A powerful graphic-novel adaptation of one of
Thomas King’s most celebrated short stories,
Borders explores themes of identity and belonging,
and is a poignant depiction of the significance of
a nation’s physical borders from an Indigenous
perspective. This timeless story is brought to vibrant,
piercing life by the singular vision of artist Natasha
Donovan.
$21.99 PB Harper Collins
Standoff
Why Reconciliation Fails
Indigenous People and
How to Fix It
BRUCE MCIVOR
Faced with a constant stream of news reports
of standoffs and confrontations, Canada’s
“reconciliation project” has obviously gone off the
rails. In this series of concise and thoughtful essays,
lawyer and historian Bruce McIvor explains why
reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is failing and
what needs to be done to fix it.
$21.95 PB Nightwood Editions
Permanent
Astonishment
Growing Up in the Land of
Snow and Sky
TOMSON HIGHWAY
Capricious, big-hearted, joyful: an epic memoir
from one of Canada’s most acclaimed Indigenous
writers and performers. Permanent Astonishment:
Growing Up in the Land of Snow and Sky is
Tomson's extravagant embrace of his younger
brother's final words: "Don't mourn me, be joyful."
His memoir offers insights, both hilarious and
profound, into the Cree experience of culture,
conquest, and survival.
$32.95 HC Doubleday Canada
Unreconciled
Family, Truth, and Indigenous
Resistance
JESSE WENTE
Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is
a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed
concept of reconciliation, and to build a new,
respectful relationship between the nation of
Canada and Indigenous peoples.
$29.95 HC Penguin Canada
Rez Rules
My Indictment of Canada’s and
America’s Systemic Racism
Against Indigenous People
CHIEF CLARENCE LOUIE
Rez Rules describes the fascinating life and
legacy of a remarkable leader. It offers leadership
lessons for on and off the Rez in a common sense
blueprint for what the future of First Nations
should look like. In it, Chief Louie writes, “Damn,
I’m lucky to be an Indian!”
$34.95 HC McClelland & Stewart
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