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indigenous education k-12

indigenous young adult fiction

use omni to find both print and ebooks:

there is an extensive collection of print indigenous children's literature at both the education library (thunder bay) and the education library (orillia).   you can locate these titles through omni using title keywords, author names or with these subject headings.  some children's books are also available as ebooks.  you can also find ebooks with omni by applying the filter "available online" to your search results:

to locate indigenous young adult/ teen fiction, use the following subject headings in "advanced search":

native peoples - canada - juvenile fiction
ojibwa indians - juvenile fiction
indians of north america - canada - juvenile fiction
cree indians - juvenile fiction
metis - juvenile fiction
indians of north america - juvenile fiction

ebook databases:

through the library you have access to several ebook databases.  

for example, go to tumblebookcloud and search for books or graphic novels using the "tumblesearch" option on the top left.   for example search "native american" as a keyword to retrieve a list of titles for that topic (canadian titles are also listed here)

booklists:

these lists can help you to identify teen / young adult books. find a title and check omni for availability through the libraries:

listed below is a selection of fiction titles available:

indigenous graphic novels