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June is National Aboriginal History Month in Canada, and we've got some excellent features coming up to mark it, including a booklist by our resident Children's Librarian, and also an interview with acclaimed Métis short story writer Lisa Bird-Wilson (whose Just Pretending is shortlisted for the 2014 Danuta Gleed Award). But in the meantime, this seems like a great opportunity to bring together the great content we've featured already on books written by or about Canada's First Peoples. 

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UPDATE FOR 2015: 

• Books by Canadian First Nations and Inuit Women
• Angela Sterritt: The Legacy of Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
• Julie Flett on Illustration and First Nations Children's Literature
• Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox (In Conversation With Danielle Daniel)
• Notes From a Children's Librarian: Aboriginal Stories
• Lisa Bird-Wilson: Short Story Sensation
• Lisa Bird-Wilson was also part of our feature, The State of the Canadian Short Story in 2015

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