5.2: Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada
Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books
Arctic Stories by Call Number: Pic KusPublication Date: 1998-09-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit; Ways of life; Culture)
Baseball Bats for Christmas by Call Number: Pic KusPublication Date: 1990-05-01Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Geography; Northern; Natural environment; Ways of life; Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit)
The Gift of the Inuksuk by Call Number: Pic UlmPublication Date: 2004-10-30Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit; Natural environment; Ways of life; Northern)
Hide and Sneak by Call Number: Pic KusPublication Date: 1992-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit; Ways of life; Culture)
The Hockey Sweater by Call Number: Pic CarPublication Date: 1984-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.3 (Keywords: Belonging, Community, Culture, Francophone, Identity, Perspective, Symbols)
Jason's New Dugout Canoe by Call Number: Pic BarPublication Date: 2000-10-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples ; First Nations ; Identity ; Culture)
The Lost Island by Call Number: Pic JohPublication Date: 2004-12-09Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples, First Nations, Environment; Change over time; Western Canada; Stories; Preservation; Narratives; Identity; Growth; Urbanization)
Morning on the Lake by Call Number: Pic WabPublication Date: 1999-02-01Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Elders; Natural environment; Geography; Ways of life; Stories)
Mwakwa--Talks to the Loon by Call Number: Pic AugPublication Date: 2006-05-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Elders ; Identity; Stories)
Nokum Is My Teacher by Call Number: Pic BouPublication Date: 2006-11-21Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Elders; Identity; Oral Traditions; Ways of life)
Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails by Call Number: Pic KusPublication Date: 1993-05-01Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit; Natural environment; Geography; Ways of life; Northern)
The Polar Bear's Gift by Call Number: Pic BusPublication Date: 2002-12-17Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit; Ways of life; Stories; Northern; Natural environment)
Red Parka Mary by Call Number: Pic EyvPublication Date: 2015-08-24Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Gifts, Respect, Acceptance)
The Red Sash by Call Number: Pic PenPublication Date: 2005-09-16Outcomes: 5.2.4 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Métis; Fur trade; Identify; History)
Secret of the Dance by Call Number: Pic SpaPublication Date: 2006-09-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples, First Nations, Identity, Potlach)
Shi-Shi-Etko by Call Number: Pic CamPublication Date: 2005-08-09Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Identity; Ways of life; Historical significance)
Silver threads by Call Number: Pic SkrPublication Date: 1996Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.9; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Ukrainians; Immigrants; World War I; Rural; Ways of life)
The Song Within My Heart by Call Number: Pic BouPublication Date: 2003-03-07Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Ways of life; Identity)
Very Last First Time by Call Number: Pic AndPublication Date: 2003-01-31Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit; Ways of life; Culture)
The Voyage of Wood Duck by Call Number: Pic TroPublication Date: 1995-11-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; History; Interaction; Identity; Stories)
Yetsa's Sweater by Call Number: Pic OlsPublication Date: 2007-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Elder; Belonging; Tradition; Ways of life)
Indigenous Perspectives: Informational
As Long As the Rivers Flow by Call Number: 970.4123 LoyPublication Date: 2003-02-18Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Narratives; Identity; Historical significance;Ways of life)
First Spring by Call Number: 398.20971 SavPublication Date: 2006-03-31Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First nations; Ways of life; Stories; Beliefs; Natural environment)
He Who Flies by Night : The Story of Grey Owl by Call Number: 639.9 PunPublication Date: 2006Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.4 ; 5.2.6 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Métis; Immigration; Conservation; Land)
How Summer Came to Canada by Call Number: 398.2089 ClePublication Date: 1988-04-28Outcomes: 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.4 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Stories; Beliefs; Natural environment)
Idaa Trail by Call Number: 971.9 StePublication Date: 2005-12-29Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.2.4 (Keywords: Stories; Historical significance; Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Fur trade)
The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Call Number: 970.41 SilPublication Date: 2005-08-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Historical significance; Interaction)
Kou-Skelowh/We Are the People by Call Number: 398.2089 KouPublication Date: 2000-08-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Stories; First Nations; Natural environment; Beliefs; Culture)
Kwulasulwut II by Call Number: 398.2089 WhiPublication Date: 1997-08-28Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples, First Nations, Western Canada, Stories)
The Monster from the Swamp by Call Number: 398.2089 TayPublication Date: 1995-09-13Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Stories; Beliefs; Culture)
My Arctic 1, 2, 3 by Call Number: 513.211 KusPublication Date: 1996-05-01Outcomes: 2.1.2, 2.1.4 (Keywords: Inuit: geography; Natural Resources)
The Native Stories from Keepers of Life: Told by Joseph Bruchac by Call Number: 398.2089 Cad Gr.10-12Publication Date: 1995Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Stories; Beliefs; Geography; Natural environment)
This Land Is My Land by Call Number: 970.4 LitPublication Date: 1997-06-11Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.2.7 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Change over time; Elder; Culture; Identity)
Indigenous Perspectives: Novels
The Birchbark House by Call Number: Juv ErdPublication Date: 2002-06-03Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Identity; Ways of life; Interaction)
The Broken Blade by Call Number: YA DurPublication Date: 1998-04-06Outcome: 5.2.3 (Keywords: Fur trade; New France; First Nations; History; Voyageurs)
Catching Spring by Call Number: Juv OlsPublication Date: 2004-04-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Ways of life)
Children of the Longhouse by Call Number: Juv BruPublication Date: 1998-08-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Ways of life; Culture)
Copper Sunrise by Call Number: Juv BucPublication Date: 1972Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.6 (Keywords: Aboriginal; Immigration; Settlement; First Nations)
Finders Keepers by Call Number: Hist. F SpaPublication Date: 2006-09-01Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Ways of life; Interaction; Identity; Protected areas)
Little Voice by Call Number: Juv SliPublication Date: 2001-09-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Elder; Belonging; Identity; Ways of life)
Miracle at Willowcreek by Call Number: Juv LeBPublication Date: 1998-09-01Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; First Nations; Change over time; Conservation; Environment; Growth; Oral traditions; Quality of life; Western Canada)
My Name Is Seepeetza by Call Number: Juv StePublication Date: 1998-06-11Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.31 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples, First Nations, Identity, Narratives; Ways of life; Historical significance)
Sky by Call Number: Juv PorPublication Date: 2005-09-16Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Identity; Interaction)
Smoke over Grand Pre by Call Number: YA DayPublication Date: 2012-08-01Outcomes: 5.1.1; 5.1.3; 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.3; 5.2.4 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; British; Coureurs des bois; French; Fur trade; Official languages; Interaction)
Storm Child by Call Number: Hist. F BelPublication Date: 1985-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.2.4 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Métis; Fur trade; Identity; Western Canada; Ways of life)
Picture Books
The Chinese Violin by Call Number: Pic ThiPublication Date: 2001-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Immigration; Western Canada; Diversity; Chinese)
A Fiddle for Angus by Call Number: Pic WilPublication Date: 2001-09-18Outcomes: 5.2.6 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: Communities; Identity; Heritage; Narratives; Culture; Geography)
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Call Number: Pic WinPublication Date: 2008-01-08Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Underground Railway; Stories; Historical significance)
A Gift for Gita by Call Number: Pic GilPublication Date: 1999-02-01Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; India; Ways of life; Identity)
The jade necklace by Call Number: Pic YeePublication Date: 2002Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Immigration; Western Canada; Diversity; Chinese)
Josepha : A Prairie Boy's Story by Call Number: F McGPublication Date: 2003-01-14Outcomes: 5.2.9 (Keywords: Immigrants; Immigration; Narratives; Communities; Rural)
The Killick : A Newfoundland Story by Call Number: Pic ButPublication Date: 1995-09-13Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 ; 5.3.4 (Keywords: Change over time; Eastern Canada; Identity; Oral traditions; Climate; Ways of Life; Natural resources)
The Man Who Walked the Earth by Call Number: Pic WalPublication Date: 2003-08-19Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.9 ; 5.3.4 (Keywords: Natural environment; Rural; Depression; Identity; Historical significance)
Silent Movie by Call Number: Pic AviPublication Date: 2003-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Immigration; Immigrants; Migration; Citizenship; Quality of life)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Call Number: Pic HopPublication Date: 2018-09-25Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Quality of life; Underground railroad; Historical significance)
Under the Quilt of Night by Call Number: Pic HopPublication Date: 2005-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Quality of life; Underground railroad; Historical significance)
Novels
Alone in an Untamed Land by Call Number: Juv TroPublication Date: 2003-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.3 (Keywords: French; New France; Way of Life)
Angelique: Book Two : The Long Way Home by Call Number: Juv TayPublication Date: 2005Outcomes: 5.2.2 (Keywords: Métis, Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Ways of life)
The Belonging Place by Call Number: Juv LitPublication Date: 2008Outcomes: 5.2.6 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of Life; Rural; Scottish)
The Carved Box by Call Number: Juv ChaPublication Date: 2001-08-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.6 (Keywords: Ways of Life; Responsibility; Scottish; Quality of Life; Natural Environment; Immigration)
Certificate of Freedom by Call Number: F KosISBN: 9780143014621Publication Date: 2003Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life)
Chaos in Halifax by Call Number: Juv BevPublication Date: 2005-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Eastern Canada; Historical events; Ways of Life; Identity)
The Death of My Country by Call Number: Juv TroPublication Date: 2005-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.2 ; 5.2.3 (Keywords: New France; Aboriginal peoples; First Nations; Historical significance)
Ellie's New Home by Call Number: Juv CitPublication Date: 1999-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.6 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life; Geography)
Eyewitness by Call Number: Juv ThoPublication Date: 2000-02-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.2.4 ; 5.2.6 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; British; French; Fur Trade; Identity; Scottish)
Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott [Rupert's Land, 1815] by Call Number: Juv MatPublication Date: 2002Outcomes: 5.2.6 (Keywords: Immigrants; Heritage; Ways of life; Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Interaction)
The Freedom of Jenny by Call Number: YA BurPublication Date: 2006-02-10Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.7 (Keywords: Historical significance; Immigrants; Underground railroad)
The Hiding Place by Call Number: Juv CooPublication Date: 1996-09-01Outcome: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.2.3 ; 5.2.4 (Keywords: Historical significance; New France; First Nations; Land; Quality of life; Interaction)
Home Child by Call Number: YA HawPublication Date: 2003Outcomes: 5.2.9 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life)
The Hungry Year by Call Number: Juv CroPublication Date: 2001-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.5 (Keywords: United Empire Loyalists; Ways of life; Environment)
If I Just Had Two Wings by Call Number: YA SchPublication Date: 2001-04-01Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Key Words: Underground Railway; Immigration; Quality of life)
The Last Safe House by Call Number: 973.7115 GrePublication Date: 1998-06-30Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life; Underground railroad)
Laura : A Childhood Tale of Laura Secord by Call Number: Juv TroPublication Date: 2000Outcomes: 5.2.5 (Keywords: United Empire Loyalists; Ways of life)
Marie-Claire: Book Four : Angels in Winter by Call Number: Juv StiPublication Date: 2004Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Francophone; Eastern Canada; History; Identity; British)
Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen by Call Number: Juv NodPublication Date: 2007Outcomes: 5.2.9 (Keywords: Depression, Immigrants, World War II, Ways of life)
An Ocean Apart by Call Number: Juv ChaPublication Date: 2004-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Canada; Communities; Immigration; Western Canada; Chinese)
Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Call Number: YA LitPublication Date: 2001Outcomes: 5.2.9 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life)
A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy weatherall by Call Number: Juv EllPublication Date: 2001Outcomes: 5.2.9 (Keywords: Geography; Immigrants; Weather; Ways of life)
Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk by Call Number: Juv SkrPublication Date: 2007Outcomes: 5.2.9 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life; Ukraine; World War I)
A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron by Call Number: Juv LawPublication Date: 2002Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; Chinese; Western Canada; Identity)
Skateway to Freedom by Call Number: Juv AlmPublication Date: 1993-10-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.9 (Keywords: Immigrants; Citizenship; Culture; Change; Diversity)
Tales from Gold Mountain by Call Number: Juv YeePublication Date: 1999-05-24Outcomes: 5.2.7 ; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Western Canada; Diversity; Stories; Immigration; Chinese)
Underground to Canada by Call Number: Hist. F SmuPublication Date: 1999-10-01Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life; Identity; Underground railroad)
White Jade Tiger by Call Number: Juv LawPublication Date: 1993-04-16Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; Ways of life; Chinese; Identity)
With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald by Call Number: Juv BraPublication Date: 2002Outcomes: 5.2.5 (Keywords: United Empire Loyalists; Ways of life)
Informational
Acadian Legends, Folktales and Songs from Prince Edward Island by Call Number: 398.20971Publication Date: 2002-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.3 (Keywords: Immigrants; Heritage; Identity; Oral traditions)
The Big Book of Canada by Call Number: 971 MooPublication Date: 2002-08-15Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; Inuit; Fur trade; Geography; Identity; Natural Resources)
Black Heritage by Call Number: 971.00496 LivPublication Date: 2005-11-30Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; Underground railway)
A Bloom of Friendship by Call Number: 394.26971 RenPublication Date: 2005-11-20Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.3.5 (Keywords: Canada; Identity; Historical events)
Canada by Call Number: 929.0971 AspPublication Date: 2004Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Heritage; National Parks; Identity)
Canada by Call Number: 971 BorPublication Date: 2001-09-01Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: History; Landforms; National Parks; Confederation)
A Child in Prison Camp by Call Number: 971.063 TakPublication Date: 1971-01-01Outcomes: 5.2.8 (Keywords: Immigrants; Chinese; Ways of life; World War II)
The Immigrant Experience by Call Number: 325.71 FinPublication Date: 2003Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.6 ; 5.2.8 ; 5.2.9 (Keywords: Immigrants; Identity; Heritage; Diversity; Citizenship)
The Kids Book of Canadian Exploration by Call Number: 971 OwePublication Date: 2004-08-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Identity; History; Geography; Canada)
Let's Call It Canada by Call Number: 917.1 HugPublication Date: 2003-05-03Outcomes: 5.2 (Keywords: Stories, Ways of Life, Geography, Immigrants, History)
Louisbourg: An 18th-Century Town by Call Number: 971.6 LouPublication Date: 1991Outcomes: 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: French, Historical Significance)
Making It Home by Call Number: 971.302 WesPublication Date: 2004-12-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.1.3 (Keywords: Immigrants; Geography; Ways of life; Natural environment)
The Mounties : Tales of Adventure and Danger from the Early Days by Call Number: 971.05 AndPublication Date: 2009Outcomes: 5.2.7 (Keywords: North West Mounted Police; Geography; Historical Significance; Identity)
Only in Canada! by Call Number: 971 BowPublication Date: 2002-09-07Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; Inuit; Fur trade; Geography; Identity; New France; Natural resources)
Pierre Berton's Canada Moves West by Call Number: 971.2 BerPublication Date: 2005-09-30Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.8; 5.2.9 (Keywords: History; Immigrants; Change over time; Geography)
The RCMP by Call Number: 636.20971 BanPublication Date: 2005Outcome: 5.2.7 (Keywords: North West Mounted Police, Identity)
Biography
Canadian Explorers by Call Number: 971 TroPublication Date: 2005Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.3 ; 5.2.4 (Keywords: Fur trade; New France; Aboriginal Peoples; British; Voyageurs)
Canadian Greats by Call Number: 920.071 TroPublication Date: 2003Outcomes: 5.2.1; 5.2.5; 5.3.3 (Keywords: Identity; World War I; Stories; Citizenship, Famous Five)
Canadian Heroes by Call Number: 920.071 TroPublication Date: 2007Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Francophone; Historical Significance; Narratives; New France; Stories; World War II)
Canadian Pioneers by Call Number: 971.009 TroPublication Date: 2003Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.2.3 ; 5.2.5 ; 5.2.6 ; 5.2.9 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples ; British; Francophone; Identity; Métis; New France; Stories; Ukraine; Western Canada)
Canadian Women Adventurers by Call Number: 920.720971 GeoPublication Date: 2005-04-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Historical; Identity; Stories)
Great Canadians by Call Number: 972.071 MurPublication Date: 2005-06-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.6 ; 5.3.2 ; 5.3.3 ; 5.3.5
(Keywords: Famous Five; Identity; Métis; Lester B. Pearson; John A. Macdonald; Immigrants; Citizenship)
Laura Secord by Call Number: 971.034092 MacPublication Date: 2005-05-01Outcomes: 5.2.5 (Keywords: United Empire Loyalists; Ways of life)
Sailing for Glory by Call Number: 387.5092 JanPublication Date: 2006-10-01Outcomes: 5.2.1 (Keywords: Canadian; Culture; Identity; Quality of life; Stories)
Sam Steele : The Wild West Adventures of Canada's Most Famous Mountie by Call Number: 971.202 QuaPublication Date: 2003-03-01Outcomes: 5.2.7 (Keywords: North West Mounted Police; Identity)
