LibGuides UFV: Sx̱wōx̱wiyám: Stories of Long Ago: About Sx̱wōx̱wiyám

Legends

Dream wheels : a novel by Wagamese, Richard
Call Number: PS 8595 A47 D74 2007
Wagamese draws on Native American teachings and the beauty of nature to illustrate the healing power of tradition and the land.
Hear and foretell by Dandurand, Joseph
Call Number: PS 8557 A523 H43 2015
"Hear and Foretell" is a compelling poetry collection with spotlight on urban Aboriginal life in Canada. The poems illustrate deep spiritual transformation and understanding of the ever-present feeling of being hunted by not so distant historical past.
Kwulasulwut by Ellen White; David Neel (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 8.1 W55 K98 1992
Young readers travel on a journey through nature and the supernatural.
Legends and Teachings of Xeel's, the Creator by Ellen White
Call Number: E 99 S21 W493 2006
Snuneymuxw Elder and storyteller Ellen White shares four stories handed down to her from her grandparents and their ancestors.
Looking into the Eyes of My Forgotten Dreams by Joseph A. Dandurand
Call Number: PS 8557 A523 L66 1998
The Moon of Letting Go by Richard Van Camp
Call Number: PS 8593 A636 M66 2009
Van Camp speaks in a range of powerful voices: a violent First Nations gangster has an astonishing spiritual experience, a single mother is protected from her ex by a dangerous medicine man, and a group of young men pay tribute to a friend by streaking through their northern town.
The mountain goat people of Cheam by Emery, Maggie
Call Number: E 99 S72 E64 2010
Mr. Bear and the baby by Leon, Ed
Call Number: E 99 S72 L462
People of the Land by Susan A. Point (Contribution by); Tewanee Joseph (Introduction by); Aaron Nelson-Moody (Artist); Glenn George (Artist)
Call Number: E 78 B9 P467 2009
Spectacular imagery adorns this fascinating anthology of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations stories and legends.
Potlatch People by Mildred Valley Thornton
Call Number: E 78 B9 T56 2003
During the course of her career, Mildred Valley Thornton not only painted the portraits of many prominent and historical Native Canadians, but she assembled an accompanying catalogue of anecdotes, folklore and legends, which today provide a unique chronicle of a vanished age.
Raven Brings the Light by Roy Henry Vickers (Illustrator); Robert Budd
Call Number: E 99 T8 V52 2013
The tale has been traced back at least 3,000 years by archeologists who have found images of Weget's journey in petroglyphs on the Nass and Skeena rivers.
Sepass tales : the songs of Y-Ail-Mihth by Sepass, William K'HHalserten
Call Number: PM 2264 A2 S46 1974
The story of Chehalis by Leon, Ed
Call Number: E 99 S72 L465

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