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June: National Indigenous History Month

To mark the month of June, which spotlights indigenous literature and authors, here's a suggestion of books to discover or rediscover!

Marie-Andrée Gill
Chauffer le dehors
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Chauffer le dehors
Decolonization, Healing, Innu, Love, Poetry, Territory
An Antane Kapesh
Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueuJe suis une maudite sauvagesse
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Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu
Je suis une maudite sauvagesse
Exile and uprooting, Personal narrative, Territory
Maria Campbell
Halfbreed
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Halfbreed
Autobiography, Halfbreed, Indigenous, Métis, Woman
Jocelyn Sioui
Mononk Jules
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Mononk Jules
Assimilation, Colonialism, Indigenous, Inequalities, Segregation
Dawn Dumont
On pleure pas au bingo
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On pleure pas au bingo
Canadian Prairies, Family relationships, Indigenous, Reserve, Siblings, Young
Naomi Fontaine
Shuni
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Shuni
Indigenous, Territory
Jean Sioui
Yändata’L’éternité au bout de ma rue
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Yändata’
L’éternité au bout de ma rue
Community, Family, Literature, Memory, Territory, Wendate
Tara McGowan-Ross
Nothing Will Be Different
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Nothing Will Be Different
Body dysmorphia, Memoir, Mi’kmaq, Montreal, Poetry
Kaitlyn Purcell
ʔbédayine
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ʔbédayine
Addiction and trauma, Alberta, Indigenous Peoples, Northwest Territories, Poetic novella
Maya Cousineau Mollen
Enfants du lichen
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Enfants du lichen
Colonial history, Culture, Decolonization, Identity, Innu literature, Territory
Joséphine Bacon
Uiesh · Quelque part 
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Uiesh · Quelque part 
Elders, Innu poetry, Innu-aimun, Nutshimit, Territory, Transmission

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