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List of 2023-2024 Adult/YA
Shortlisted Titles

Browse below for all shortlisted titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury has shortlisted these titles.

Nii Ndahlohke: Boys’ and Girls’ Work at Elgin Industrial School

Author : Mary Jane McCallum
Publisher : Freisen Press

Silence to Strength – Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop

Author : Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith
Publisher : Kegedonce Press

Opimōtēwina wīna kapagamawāt Wītigōwa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo

Author : Ken Carriere
Publisher : University of Regina Press

Longlist of 2023-2024 Adult/YA Nominated Titles

Browse below for all nominated titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury selects a shortlist and the winning title.

Half-Bads in White Regalia: : A Memoir

Author : Cody Caetano
Publisher : Penguin Random House

Opimōtēwina wīna kapagamawāt Wītigōwa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo

Author : Ken Carriere
Publisher : University of Regina Press

The Missing Caribou Hide

Author : Cecilia Judas, Joan Sherman, Madeline Judas, Wendy Stephenson
Publisher : Hancock House Publishers

Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

Author : Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson
Publisher : Harper Collins

Making Love with the Land

Author : Joshua Whitehead
Publisher : Penguin Random House

Silence to Strength – Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop

Author : Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith
Publisher : Kegedonce Press

The Gift of the Little People

Author : William Dumas
Publisher : Portage and Main

Where the Sea Kuniks the Land

Author : Ashley Qilavaq-Savard
Publisher : Inhabit Media

Majagalee:The Language of Seasons

Author : Shawna Davis
Publisher : McKellar and Martin

Serpents and Other Spiritual Beings

Author : Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch
Publisher : Kegedonce Press

The Case of the Rigged Race

Author : Michael Hutchinson
Publisher : Second Story Press

Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools—Commemorative Edition

Author : Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine
Publisher : Heritage House

Di-bayn-di-zi-win (To Own Ourselves)

Author : Don McCaskill, Jerry Fontaine
Publisher : Dundurn Press

Rabbit Chase

Author : Elizabeth LaPensee, KC Oster(illustrator)
Publisher : Annick Press

nēhiyawēwin awāsi-masinahikanis: A Little Plains Cree Book for Children

Author : Allen Felix, Elmer Ballantyne, Patricia Deiter
Publisher : Your Nickels Worth

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

Author : Patty Krawec
Publisher : Broadleaf Books

The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era

Author : Harold Johnson
Publisher : Biblioasis

Nii Ndahlohke: Boys’ and Girls’ Work at Elgin Industrial School

Author : Mary Jane McCallum
Publisher : Freisen Press

Medicine Wheel Workbook: Finding Your Healthy Balance

Author : Carrie Armstrong
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing

Walking the Red Road for Healing

Author : Marlyn Cook
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press