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I will see you again

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Boivin, Lisa. Winnipeg, MB: HighWater Press , 2020. Illustrated ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 B685 2020

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Boivin, Lisa

Edition: Illustrated ed.

Place of Publication: Winnipeg, MB

Publisher: HighWater Press

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Bereavement; Grief; Loss; Family Relations; Indigenous Canadians; First Nations; Popular Work

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781553798552

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 G7 B685 2020

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Good grief rituals : tools for healing

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Childs-Gowell, Elaine. Barrytown, N.Y.: Station Hill Press , 1992.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C537 1992

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Includes a section on Native American/First Nations beliefs, medicine wheel, and totme animal spiritis.

Author: Childs-Gowell, Elaine

Place of Publication: Barrytown, N.Y.

Publisher: Station Hill Press

Publication Date: 1992

Physical Description: xi, 91 p. : ill. ; 17cm.

Subjects: Grief; Loss; First Nations; Popular Work

Abstract: Includes a section on Native American/First Nations beliefs, medicine wheel, and totme animal spiritis.

ISBN: 0882681184

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 C537 1992

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Medicines to help us : traditional Métis plant use : study prints & resource guide

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Belcourt, Christi, Flamand, Rita (translator), Burnouf, Laura (translator), Richardson, Rose. Saskatoon, SK: Gabriel Dumont Institute , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB55 B427 2007

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Belcourt, Christi; Flamand, Rita (translator); Burnouf, Laura (translator); Richardson, Rose

Place of Publication: Saskatoon, SK

Publisher: Gabriel Dumont Institute

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xv, 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 23 cm

Subjects: Ethnobotany; Plants, Medicinal; Medicine, Traditional; Indigenous Canadians; First Nations; Popular Work; Pictorial Works

ISBN: 9780920915790

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB55 B427 2007

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Option B : facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy

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Sandberg, Sheryl, Grant, Adam. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 S194 2017

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Sandberg, Sheryl; Grant, Adam

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Grief; Loss; Bereavement; Adaptation, Psychological; Resilience, Psychological; Life Change Events; Family Relations; Spouses; Widowhood; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781524732684; 1524732680

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 S194 2017

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Journal : a mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

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Clark, Annabel, Redgrave, Lynn, Lerner, Barron. New York, NY: Umbrage Editions , 2004.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C592 2004

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

Author: Clark, Annabel; Redgrave, Lynn; Lerner, Barron

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Umbrage Editions

Publication Date: 2004

Physical Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Adaptation, Psychological; Pictorial Works; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781884167430; 1884167438

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 C592 2004

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Calling down the sky

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Deerchild, Rosanna. BookLand Press , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 D312 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'…

Author: Deerchild, Rosanna

Publisher: BookLand Press

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 80 p. ; 22 cm

Series: Canadian aboriginal voices

Subjects: Poetry; Indigenous Canadians - history; Child Abuse - history; First Nations - residential schools; First Nations; Canada; Popular Work

Abstract: Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today. -- Provided by publisher.

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781772310054

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WZ80.5 D312 2015

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Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the witness blanket

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Newman, Carey, Hudson, Kirstie. [Victoria, BC?]: Orca Book Publishers , 2019.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 N551 2019

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs , tells the story of the making fo the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them. -- Provided by publisher.

Author: Newman, Carey; Hudson, Kirstie

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC?]

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: vii, 170 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm

Subjects: First Nations - residential schools; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse; Mental Health; Art Therapy - methods; History; Indigenous Canadians; First Nations; Popular Work

Abstract: This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs , tells the story of the making fo the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them. -- Provided by publisher.

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781459819955

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WZ80.5 N551 2019

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Honoring the mystery : uplifting insights from the language, visions, and dreams of the dying

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Morningstar, Barbara. British Columbia: Barbara Morningstar , 2018.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 M866 2018

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

"Heartfelt stories that explore the mystery of death." -back cover.

Author: Morningstar, Barbara

Editor: Shoroplova, Nina

Place of Publication: British Columbia

Publisher: Barbara Morningstar

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: 97 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects: Hospice Care; Grief; Bereavement; Popular Work; Personal Narratives; Loss; Palliative Care; Terminal Care

Abstract: "Heartfelt stories that explore the mystery of death." -back cover.

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781722966508

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 M866 2018

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Inconvenient Indian: a curious account of Native People in North America

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King, Thomas. Toronto: Anchor Canada , 2013. Anchor Canada ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 K54 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: King, Thomas

Edition: Anchor Canada ed.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Anchor Canada

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xvi, 314 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: First Nations; Indigenous Canadians; Indigenous Canadians - history; North America -- Ethnic relations.; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780385664226

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WZ80.5 K54 2013

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Dying : a book of comfort

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Garden City, NY: GuildAmerica Books , 1996.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 D996 1996

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: McNees, Pat

Place of Publication: Garden City, NY

Publisher: GuildAmerica Books

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Loss; Bereavement; Grief; Attitude to Death; Anecdotes; Poetry; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 1568651570

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 D996 1996

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Healing our wounded hearts : a real life story about loss in the voice of a teenager

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Hahn, Olivia. [Victoria, BC]: Self publishing , [2023].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 H148h 2023

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written …

Author: Hahn, Olivia

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC]

Publisher: Self publishing

Publication Date: [2023]

Physical Description: [111 unnumbered pages] : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Grief; Loss; Love; Adolescent; Parental Death; Parent-Child Relations; Life Change Events; Neoplasms - psychology; Juvenile Literature; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: "Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written in the voice of a teenager as a teenager and is an account of finding my voice through all this loss" -- Back cover.

ISBN: 9798385789801

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G7 H148h 2023

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir

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Merasty, Joseph Auguste, Carpenter, David. Regina, SK: University of Regina Press , 2022.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 M552e 2022

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Merasty, Joseph Auguste; Carpenter, David

Place of Publication: Regina, SK

Publisher: University of Regina Press

Publication Date: 2022

Physical Description: xxix, 84 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Series: Regina collection

Subjects: First Nations - residential schools; First Nations; Indigenous Canadians - history; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780889778825

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WZ80.5 M552e 2022

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Calling my spirit back

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Alec, Elaine. [Victoria, BC]: Tellwell Talent , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB885 A366 2020

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

"These stories are teachings, prophecy and protocols shared throughout the years by elders, language speakers, medicine people and helpers. They have been the foundation to individual healing and learning self-love."--Back cover

Author: Alec, Elaine

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC]

Publisher: Tellwell Talent

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: vi, 183 pages ; 22 cm

Subjects: First Nations; Indigenous Canadians; Spiritual Therapies; Self Care - methods; Child Abuse, Sexual - rehabilitation; Substance-related disorders - rehabilitation; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: "These stories are teachings, prophecy and protocols shared throughout the years by elders, language speakers, medicine people and helpers. They have been the foundation to individual healing and learning self-love."--Back cover

ISBN: 9780228830696

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB885 A366 2020

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Wayi Wah! Indigenous pedagogies: an act for reconciliation and anti-racist education

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Chrona, Jo. Winnipeg, MB: Portage & Main Press , 2022.

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

Call Number: E78.C2 C557 2022

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Indigenous pedagogies: an act for reconciliation and anti-racist education

Author: Chrona, Jo

Place of Publication: Winnipeg, MB

Publisher: Portage & Main Press

Publication Date: 2022

Physical Description: 225 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: First Nations; Indigenous Canadians - education; Indigenous Canadians - history; Reconciliation; Antiracism; Race Relations; Canada

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781774920466

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: E78.C2 C557 2022

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Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history

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Metatawabin, Edmund, Shimo, Alexandra. [Toronto, ON]: Vintage Canada , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 M587u 2015

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Metatawabin, Edmund; Shimo, Alexandra

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Vintage Canada

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: xix, 316 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm

Subjects: Indigenous Canadians; Indigenous Canadians - history; First Nations; First Nations - residential schools; Political Activism; Canada; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9780307399885

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WZ80.5 M587u 2015

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How to be a friend to a friend who's sick

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Pogrebin, Letty Cottin. Philadelphia, PA: PublicAffairs , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 P746 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Pogrebin, Letty Cottin

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xiii, 283 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Interpersonal Relations; Friends; Social Support; Helping Behavior; Communication; Caregivers; Disease - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781610393744; 9781610392839

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 P746 2013

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Everything happens for a reason : and other lies I've loved

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Bowler, Kate. New York, NY: Random House , 2018.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 B787 2018

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Bowler, Kate

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: xviii, 178 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Loss; Love; Uncertainty; Adaptation, Psychological; Colorectal Neoplasms - psychology; Family Relations; Christianity; Life Change Events; Personal Narratives; Autobiography; Popular Work

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ISBN: 9780399592065; 9780399592089

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 B787 2018

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Good mourning : a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death : for kids by a kid

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Peden, Seldon, Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.). [United States]: 1st Word Publishing, LLC , [2021].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon

Author: Peden, Seldon; Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.)

Place of Publication: [United States]

Publisher: 1st Word Publishing, LLC

Publication Date: [2021]

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subjects: Popular Work; Personal Narratives; Juvenile Literature; Bereavement; Grief

Abstract: "The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon

ISBN: 9780578855738

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021

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A matter of death and life

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Yalom, Irvin D., Yalom, Marilyn. Stanford, CA: Redwood Press , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 Y19 2021

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Yalom, Irvin D.; Yalom, Marilyn

Place of Publication: Stanford, CA

Publisher: Redwood Press

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Terminally Ill; Grief; Loss; Love; Spouses; Adaptation, Psychological; Aging; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781503613768

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 Y19 2021

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Year of magical thinking

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Didion, Joan. New York, NY: A.A. Knopf , 2005. 1st ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 D556 2005

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Didion, Joan

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: A.A. Knopf

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: 227 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Loss - psychology; Grief - psychology; Grief; Attitude to Death; Family Health; Family Relations; Life Change Events; Widowhood - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 140004314X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 D556 2005

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Good grief rituals : tools for healing

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Medicines to help us : traditional Métis plant use : study prints & resource guide

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Option B : facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy

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Journal : a mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

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Calling down the sky

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Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the witness blanket

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Honoring the mystery : uplifting insights from the language, visions, and dreams of the dying

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Inconvenient Indian: a curious account of Native People in North America

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Dying : a book of comfort

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Healing our wounded hearts : a real life story about loss in the voice of a teenager

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The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir

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Calling my spirit back

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Wayi Wah! Indigenous pedagogies: an act for reconciliation and anti-racist education

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Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history

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How to be a friend to a friend who's sick

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Everything happens for a reason : and other lies I've loved

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Good mourning : a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death : for kids by a kid

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A matter of death and life

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