Joe, Rita. 1999. Lnu and Indians We’re Called. Ragweed Press. ISBN: 0-921556-022-5
Age: 14+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Poetry; Woodland, Mi’kmaq

This is a collection of poems by Rita Joe, the Mi’kmaq poet and songwriter.

Joe, Rita. 1999. Songs of Eskasoni: More Poems of Rita Joe. Ragweed Press.
ISBN: 0-920304-85-0
Age: 14+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Poetry; Woodland, Mi’kmaq

More poems by the Mi’kmaq poet and song writer, Rita Joe.

Joe, Rita. 1996. Song of Rita Joe: Autobiography of a Mi’Kmak Poet. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN: 0-803275-94-3
Age: 14+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Non-Fiction; Autobiography; Woodland, Mi’kmaq

In her autobiography, Rita Joe tells of her struggles with racism, sexism and poverty, as well as her search for her own identity. In each struggle, she finds a lesson that we learn about from the poetry and prose in this collection.

Johnston, Basil. Illustrator/ Maxine Noel – Ioyan Mani. 1998. Mermaids and Medicine Women. Toronto, ON: Royal Ontario Museum. ISBN: 0-88854-429-4 (Originally published as Tales of the Anishinaubaek).
Age: 10+
Language: English
Subject: Children, Youth; Myths & Legends; Woodland, Ojibwe

You will find spirits of the wind, water and woods in this book. The stories tell of former times and of relationships with spirit beings; of tricksters, and of seasons.