Aboriginal Publishers in Canada Updated List

Aboriginal Publishers in Canada (updated Sept 2010)

Compiled by: Larry Loyie and Constance Brissenden,

http://www.firstnationswriter.com/

To add to this list, email livingtradition@telus.net or add a comment.

Theytus (Penticton, BC) -- Canada's oldest Aboriginal publisher, established in 1980. Adult and children's works on Aboriginal themes by Aboriginal authors, http://www.theytus.com/

NOTE (right): a poster created for The Gathering Tree, Larry Loyie's bestselling book on HIV awareness (Theytus)

Kegedonce Press (Cape Croker First Nation, Wiarton, ON) -- Award-winning Aboriginal-owned and operated. Develops, promotes and publishes the work of Indigenous peoples. Specialist in quality poetry books, http://www.kegedonce.com/

Gabriel Dumont Institute Publishing (Saskatoon, SK) -- High-calibre Metis-specific adult and children's books and cultural resources, http://www.gdins.org/

Ningwakwe Learning Press (Saugeen First Nation, Southampton, ON) -- Publishes culturally appropriate resources for the Aboriginal literacy field and for all readers. Established in 1999, http://www.ningwakwe.on.ca/

Pemmican Publications Inc. (Winnipeg, MB) -- Since 1980, publishes books that promote Canadian Metis writers and illustrators through stories that are informed by Metis experience, http://www.pemmican.mb.ca/

Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (Saskatoon, SK) -- Materials written in Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, or English that pertain to the First Nations of Saskatchewan, http://www.sicc.sk.ca/

New to list:

Nunavut Arctic College Language and Culture Department (Arviat, NU) -- Since 1988, materials published primarily to support Interpreter Translater and Inuit Studies programs at the college, and also to provide information on Inuit perspectives, http://nac.nu.ca/publications_for_sale

Updated Resources:

http://www.goodminds.com/ --- GoodMinds.com began distributing Native educational reources in April 2000. Native-owned and operated by Jeff and Linda Burnham in Brantford, ON. Sheila Staats is the cultural book reviewer. 4000 Aboriginal titles including books, cds, dvds, classroom kits, plus non-Aboriginal educational titles. Excellent resource for purchasing Aboriginal books, including reviews of titles.

http://www.oyate.org/ -- "Oyate is a Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are protrayed honestly, and that all people will know our stories belong to us." Informative, thought-provoking website, indispensible in learning how to "read" books about Aboriginal peoples, fiction or non-fiction.

http://tiny.cc/EQ7ua -- First Peoples Libraries Wiki provides a list of publishers and distributors.

http://www.firstnationswriter.com/ -- Award-winning Cree author Larry Loyie's website includes study materials on all of his titles.