This Handbook includes sugested guidelines for many types of ceremonies. Some or all aspects may be included. Read more in secondary pictures below.
Synopsis: Bill Helin is a Tlingit artist, carver and storyteller. In this book, he describes the step-by-step process of making his first cedar dugout canoe. From searching for the right tree in the forest to paddling the finished canoe for the first t
Sqwéqwel’ Múta7 Sptakwlh: St’át’imcets Narratives by Qwa7yán’ak, published jointly by PNWLL Press and USLCES, is a volume of 18 narratives told by Qwa7yán’ak Carl Alexander, originally recorded in St’át’imcets (Lillooet Salish) over several years.
We want to acknowledge the high sensitivity behind this work, which can trigger the reader in various ways. Please be gentle with yourself as you embark upon this path of understanding the truth behind these stories, and hopefully the healing that can com
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.
Count along with Cree artist Julie Flett. This 20 page book features stunning illustrations alongside translated animal names and numbers. Julie Flett is a Vancouver-based Cree/Metis author, visual artist and illustrator.
Wahwahbiginojii Dr. David Anderson, Dene/Anishinabe and Bear Clan, is an Educator and author. This is one Creation Story of how some of Our Relatives, The Swimmers and The Winged-Ones helped Creator make Land for The Two-Legged, The Four-Legged, and Th
The pelt of a dog named “Mutton” languished in a drawer at the Smithsonian for 150 years until it was discovered, almost accidentally, by an amateur archivist. This book tells Mutton's story and explores what it can teach us about Coast Salish Woolly Dogs
Sqwéqwel’s Nelh Skelkekla7lhkálha: Tales of Our Elders features 15 stories told by well-known Upper St’át’imcets speakers Bill Edwards, Martina LaRochelle and Sam Mitchell, as recorded in the 1970s by linguists Jan van Eijk and Aert Kuipers.
Indigenous beadwork has taken the art world by storm, but it is still sometimes misunderstood as static, anthropological artifact. Today’s prairie artists defy this categorization, demonstrating how beads tell stories and reclaim space and cultural identi
Paul Wahasaypa-Siha Tooskin-can find eagle feathers in Ade's truck, on the dream catcher above his bed, on his Uncle Lenard's bustle, and in with the smudge bowls in all of his relatives' homes. Paul already knows that the eagle is important because of th
Upper Sto:lo Hunting This book is part of the Grade 4 Food Unit. It tells of the ways Upper Sto:lo people hunted long ago. The book is divided into five parts. Part one is a short story about the first deer. Part two is a story about two boys going t
We are very pleased to announce the release of our latest book Wa7 Sqwéqwel’ sSam: St’át’imcets stories from Sam Mitchell. This volume features historical narratives, personal anecdotes, and descriptions of traditional practices, as told by Sam Mitchell i
Using familial crests as her artistic inspiration, Tsimshian artist Morgan Asoyuf illustrated this 20 page book of high-contrast images designed to stimulate brain growth and visual development in young babies. Soy based ink and water based protective coa
“Kaa-wiichitoyaahk: We Take Care of Each Other” a cultural wellness guide that explores the rich history and unique identify of Métis people in British Columbia. * This is a soft cover book. This book is the first of its kind in British Columbia, like
Mr. Magpie and Mr. Crow by Chief Harry Edwards (Cheam) Another popular story is Mr. Magpie and Mr. Crow. "Old Louie Squatats" passed the story on to Chief Harry Edwards. Today this story is printed for children and adults to read and remember the teach
An anthology of essays focused on the Hal'qemeylem speaking peoples known as the Stó:lō who live on along the lower Fraser River watershed. Issues ranging from early contact to contemporary urbanization are addressed, providing important and often overlo
This is the story of Philomena (Lethéyxelwet) Fraser’s life journey. Philomena is a Coast Salish Elder from Cheam First Nation, British Columbia. From her life as a little girl, raised by her traditional aunties, grandparents, mother and father, she takes
Join artist and author, Storm Angeconeb, Lac Seul First Nation, Ojibwe as she gives thanks to her relatives in her first published children's book.
An expression of the people, culture, ceremony and songs along the Fraser, River of Salmon Peoples captures what the Fraser River, and its most valuable resource, the salmon, means to First Nations communities along its basin.
When frogs suddenly vanish from a lake behind a village on the Northwest Coast, a nearby volcano awakens and an Indian girl is called to a dangerous adventure.
