Canadian, Aboriginal

Carignan, Leona. Illustrator/ Grade V students, Holy Rosary Community School. 1997. My Grandma’s School. Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre. ISBN: 1-55165-424-5
Age: Pre-school – 8
Language: English
Subject: Children; Non-Fiction; Oral History; Multiple Nations

This is the story of life in a residential school.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Carriere, Ken. 2002. The Bulrush Helps the Pond. Saskatchewan: Gabriel Dumont Institute. ISBN: 0-920915-65-5
Age: 6 - 10
Language: English; Swampy Cree
Subject: Children; Non-Fiction; Indigenous Ecology

This book describes the interconnectedness of plants and animals on the fragile Prairie wetland ecosystem.

Aboriginal, non-Canadian

Carter, Forrest. 1976. The Education of Little Tree. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN: 0-8263-2809-1
Age: 13+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Fiction; Cherokee

This is the story of a young boy who becomes an orphan. He is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and his half Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains during the great depression. When Little Tree is sent to an Indian boarding school run by white people we learn about the attempts to assimilate Indian children.