2021-2022 and Previous FNCR Selected Titles:

2021-2022

  • Orange Shirt Day September 30 by Phyllis Webstad and Joan Sorley
  • It’s a Mitig! by Bridget George

2020-2021

  • Chasing Painted Horses by Drew Hayden Taylor
  • The Bear’s Medicine by Clayton Gauthier

2019-2020

  • Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dreams by Cindy Blackstock
  • Tilly and the Crazy Eights by Monique Gray Smith

2018-2019

  • The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson
  • Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga

2017-2018

  • Bearskin Diary by Carol Rose Daniels

2016-2017

  • Spirit Bear by Jennifer Harrington and illustrated by Michael Arnott

2015-2016

  • Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth about Lies about Indians by Darrell Dennis

2014-2015

  • Wildberries by Julie Flett

2013-2014

  • Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

2012-2013

  • Shannen and the Dream for a School by Janet Wilson

2011-2012

  • Fatty Legs by Kristy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

2010

  • Long Powwow Nights by David Bouchard

2009

  • Which Way Should I Go? By Sylvia Olsen

2008

  • Ancient Thunder by Leo Yerxa

2007

  • No Award Presented

2006

  • As Long as the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie

2005

  • Sky Sisters by Jan Bourdeau Waboose

2004

  • Solomon’s Tree by Andrea Spalding

2003

  • Dragonfly Kites by Thompson Highway