Nahanni Shingoose
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"A coming-of-age story about a teen girl who experiences her Indigenous heritage in a meaningful way. Part Ojibwe and part white, River lives with her white mother and stepfather on a farm in Ontario. Teased about her Indigenous heritage as a young girl, she feels like she doesn't belong and struggles with her identity. Now eighteen and just finished high school, River travels to Winnipeg to spend the summer with her Indigenous father and grandmother,...
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"A powerfully illustrated graphic novel for teens about the subject of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel serves as a window into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by fourteen-year-old Brianna Jonnie -- a letter that went viral and in which...
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« Mon nom est Brianna Jonnie. J'ai quatorze ans. Je suis autochtone. J'ai plus de chances de disparaître que mes pairs. »
En 2016, Brianna a écrit une lettre ouverte de dénonciation pour sensibiliser le public à la négligence des services de police dans la recherche des femmes autochtones disparues.
Si je disparais est un roman graphique coup de poing, basé sur une histoire vraie, ou plutt sur trop d'histoires vraies. La disparition et le...