Canadian, Aboriginal

Wiebe, Rudy & Yvonne Johnson. 1998. Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman. Alfred A. Knopf Canada. ISBN: 0-676-97048-6
Age: 16+
Language: English
Subject: Adult; Non-Fiction; Biography; Cree

This is the story of Yvonne Johnson who was jailed for life at the age of twenty-seven. She examines her life and, through her grandmother, the spiritual legacy she believes she has inherited.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Wiebe, Rudy. Illustrator/ Michael Lonechild. 2003. Hidden Buffalo. Red Deer Press.
ISBN: 0-88995-285-X
Age: 5 - 8
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Plains, Cree

The story takes place in the past among the Plains Cree. When the buffalo are scarce, Sky Running hears the story of the hidden buffalo from his grandmother. He has a vision where he sees herds of buffalo in Siksika (Blackfoot) territory, but the Siksika and the Cree are enemies.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Wilcox, John Illustrator/ Betty Wilcox. 1998. Charlie the Chinook. Yellowknife, NT:
Raven Rock Publishing. ISBN: 0-9683640-7-1
Age: 6 - 10
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Multiple Nations

This is a story about a young Chinook wind that plays too long with his human friends. He goes off on his own and has a lot of fun but before long he discovers that you can have too much of a good thing.