Canadian, Aboriginal

Smith, Barbara. 1986. Renewal Teoni’s Giveaway: Book Two. Penticton, BC: Theytus Books. ISBN: 0-919441-19-1
Age: 16+
Language: English
Subject: Adult; Fiction; Pacific NW

This book revolves around Teoni and her life after she leaves her water home among the Anishoni, People of the Sea. She brings a vision of healing to the world of oil spills and the damage we do to the environment.

Non-Aboriginal, non-Canadian

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. 2000. Jingle Dancer. Harper Collins Canada.
ISBN: 0-688-16241-X
Age: Pre-school – 10
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Woodland, Ojibwe, Creek

This is about a young girl who wants to dance at the community powwow. A number of people in the community help Jenna and her grandmother to make a jingle dress.

Aboriginal, non-Canadian

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk (Selected by). Illustrator/ Stephen Gammell. 1989. Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth. New York: Holiday House.
ISBN: 0-8234-0879-5
Age: 9 -16
Language: English
Subject: Children, Youth; Poetry; Multiple Nations

This is a selection of poems retold or written by youth from a variety of American tribes.