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Turtle Island Voices 4: The First Corn
The First Corn is a retelling of a traditional Lakota story about how corn came to the Lakota people as a gift from the Creator. The concluding chapter of the book explains the importance of corn to...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: The Gift of the Red River Jig
The Gift of the Red River Jig is a traditional tale offering one version of the origin of the famous Métis Red River Jig. When Ambroise goes on his first fur trading trip with his father, the Red...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Case of the Mysterious Paw Prints
The Case of the Mysterious Paw Prints is a realistic story about Ryan and Justin, who are Mi’kmaq boys, and their friend Chris who form RCJ Investigations. When Ryan discovers large, mysterious paw...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Eagle Girl
Eagle Girl is a realistic story about two Okanagan teens who discover they are shape-shifters. Sparks fly between them until they resolve to put aside the historical feud between their two families...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Making Things Right
Making Things Right is a realistic story about two Cree children who have lost their mother. The grieving siblings are furious when social services arranges for their estranged father to come live...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Night Danger
Night Danger is a realistic story about a K’ómoks First Nation boy who goes with friends on a mountain biking trip and becomes the group’s unlikely saviour when a grizzly bear threatens. Drawing on...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: The Big Dark
The Big Dark is a retelling of a traditional Dene Tha’ creation story. When darkness comes to the peaceful Earth of long ago, the animals find a way to save themselves, but Earth is forever changed...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: The One Who Watches Over
The One Who Watches Over is a retelling by two Inuvialuit authors that introduces readers to significant figures in Inuit culture, including the good and selfless Kublualuk and the beautiful and...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: The White Deer
The White Deer is a traditional Aboriginal tale told by peoples from the Eastern Woodlands of Turtle Island to the Plains and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The story tells of a hunter’s...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Close to Home
Close to Home is a realistic story about Laura, a Ktunaxa girl, who is placed in foster care. Laura struggles but finds her way after she develops a relationship with Daren, the hermit down the...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Glooscap Stops the Wind
Glooscap Stops the Wind is a retelling of a traditional Wabanaki story. Glooscap wants to go duck hunting, so travels to the Wind Eagle and stops the wind, but the result is not what he had hoped...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Nothing Scares Me!
Nothing Scares Me! is a realistic story about two Métis boys who are terrified by traditional tales of the famous Métis character Rou Garou. The boys are attending Back to Batouche Days and they hove