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Powerful Voices.
Unforgettable Stories.
Independent, Canadian, and woman-owned.
Find #IndigenousBooks and teacher guides for K–12 on our website.
Unforgettable Stories.
Independent, Canadian, and woman-owned.
Find #IndigenousBooks and teacher guides for K–12 on our website.
Today, we honour the courage, service, and resilience of Indigenous Veterans who have defended Canada in times of war and peace.
🎖️ “The Scout” — Tales from Big Spirit
🪶 “Peggy” — This Place: 150 Years Retold
🎖️ “The Scout” — Tales from Big Spirit
🪶 “Peggy” — This Place: 150 Years Retold
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today, we honour the courage, service, and resilience of Indigenous Veterans who have defended Canada in times of war and peace.
🎖️ “The Scout” — Tales from Big Spirit
🪶 “Peggy” — This Place: 150 Years Retold
🎖️ “The Scout” — Tales from Big Spirit
🪶 “Peggy” — This Place: 150 Years Retold
Two beautiful gatherings celebrating Indigenous voices, storytelling, and connection to the land🌿
✨ Renewal: Indigenous Perspectives on Land-Based Education — Oct 30, 7PM, McNally Robinson, Winnipeg.
🪶 Kookum, Are These Moose Tracks? — Nov 2, Entershine Bookshop, Thunder Bay.
✨ Renewal: Indigenous Perspectives on Land-Based Education — Oct 30, 7PM, McNally Robinson, Winnipeg.
🪶 Kookum, Are These Moose Tracks? — Nov 2, Entershine Bookshop, Thunder Bay.
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Two beautiful gatherings celebrating Indigenous voices, storytelling, and connection to the land🌿
✨ Renewal: Indigenous Perspectives on Land-Based Education — Oct 30, 7PM, McNally Robinson, Winnipeg.
🪶 Kookum, Are These Moose Tracks? — Nov 2, Entershine Bookshop, Thunder Bay.
✨ Renewal: Indigenous Perspectives on Land-Based Education — Oct 30, 7PM, McNally Robinson, Winnipeg.
🪶 Kookum, Are These Moose Tracks? — Nov 2, Entershine Bookshop, Thunder Bay.
🌍💚 World Mental Health Day 💚🌍
Today we pause to recognize the importance of open conversations, healing, and community. Stories can help us find courage, connection, and hope. We're sharing two stories that stand out - but of course - many more of our titles could be highlighted here.
Today we pause to recognize the importance of open conversations, healing, and community. Stories can help us find courage, connection, and hope. We're sharing two stories that stand out - but of course - many more of our titles could be highlighted here.
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌍💚 World Mental Health Day 💚🌍
Today we pause to recognize the importance of open conversations, healing, and community. Stories can help us find courage, connection, and hope. We're sharing two stories that stand out - but of course - many more of our titles could be highlighted here.
Today we pause to recognize the importance of open conversations, healing, and community. Stories can help us find courage, connection, and hope. We're sharing two stories that stand out - but of course - many more of our titles could be highlighted here.
Today, on Sisters in Spirit Day, we honour the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S).
We remember their stories. We speak their names. We carry their spirit forward.
Through books like REDress and Little Moons, we hold space for grief and hope.
We remember their stories. We speak their names. We carry their spirit forward.
Through books like REDress and Little Moons, we hold space for grief and hope.
October 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today, on Sisters in Spirit Day, we honour the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S).
We remember their stories. We speak their names. We carry their spirit forward.
Through books like REDress and Little Moons, we hold space for grief and hope.
We remember their stories. We speak their names. We carry their spirit forward.
Through books like REDress and Little Moons, we hold space for grief and hope.
✨ TRC Book Spotlight ✨
"Miya Wears Orange" by Wanda John-Kehewin, illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina, is a moving story of a young Cree girl learning about residential schools, her fears, and the comfort she finds through her mother’s guidance.
"Miya Wears Orange" by Wanda John-Kehewin, illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina, is a moving story of a young Cree girl learning about residential schools, her fears, and the comfort she finds through her mother’s guidance.
September 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
✨ TRC Book Spotlight ✨
"Miya Wears Orange" by Wanda John-Kehewin, illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina, is a moving story of a young Cree girl learning about residential schools, her fears, and the comfort she finds through her mother’s guidance.
"Miya Wears Orange" by Wanda John-Kehewin, illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina, is a moving story of a young Cree girl learning about residential schools, her fears, and the comfort she finds through her mother’s guidance.
📚🧡 Books for TRC Day
September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — a time to honour Survivors, and to reflect on the legacy of residential schools.
We’re highlighting 5 powerful books by Indigenous authors that help children, youth, and families learn, reflect, and grow.
September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — a time to honour Survivors, and to reflect on the legacy of residential schools.
We’re highlighting 5 powerful books by Indigenous authors that help children, youth, and families learn, reflect, and grow.
September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📚🧡 Books for TRC Day
September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — a time to honour Survivors, and to reflect on the legacy of residential schools.
We’re highlighting 5 powerful books by Indigenous authors that help children, youth, and families learn, reflect, and grow.
September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — a time to honour Survivors, and to reflect on the legacy of residential schools.
We’re highlighting 5 powerful books by Indigenous authors that help children, youth, and families learn, reflect, and grow.
✨ Just Released! ✨
Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario – Grade 1
Curriculum-aligned, inquiry-focused, and packed with ready-to-use lessons, assessments, and Indigenous perspectives.
Time-saving, cost-effective, and designed for today’s classroom.
👉 Order today!
Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario – Grade 1
Curriculum-aligned, inquiry-focused, and packed with ready-to-use lessons, assessments, and Indigenous perspectives.
Time-saving, cost-effective, and designed for today’s classroom.
👉 Order today!
August 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
✨ Just Released! ✨
Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario – Grade 1
Curriculum-aligned, inquiry-focused, and packed with ready-to-use lessons, assessments, and Indigenous perspectives.
Time-saving, cost-effective, and designed for today’s classroom.
👉 Order today!
Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario – Grade 1
Curriculum-aligned, inquiry-focused, and packed with ready-to-use lessons, assessments, and Indigenous perspectives.
Time-saving, cost-effective, and designed for today’s classroom.
👉 Order today!
Reposted by HighWater Press
Out Aug 5: MIYA WEARS ORANGE, new #picturebook from Wanda John-Kehewin & illus by Erika Rodriguez Medina (from @highwaterpress.bsky.social), will become an important book for #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation & dealing w children's worries. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/miya...
July 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Out Aug 5: MIYA WEARS ORANGE, new #picturebook from Wanda John-Kehewin & illus by Erika Rodriguez Medina (from @highwaterpress.bsky.social), will become an important book for #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation & dealing w children's worries. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/miya...
📚✨ Summer Reading Challenge: Indigenous Lit Edition! ✨📚
Looking for meaningful reads this summer? Our Indigenous Literature BINGO card is here!
From time-traveling fiction to stories about resilience, family, and the land — each square highlights a unique way to engage with Indigenous Lit!
Looking for meaningful reads this summer? Our Indigenous Literature BINGO card is here!
From time-traveling fiction to stories about resilience, family, and the land — each square highlights a unique way to engage with Indigenous Lit!
July 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📚✨ Summer Reading Challenge: Indigenous Lit Edition! ✨📚
Looking for meaningful reads this summer? Our Indigenous Literature BINGO card is here!
From time-traveling fiction to stories about resilience, family, and the land — each square highlights a unique way to engage with Indigenous Lit!
Looking for meaningful reads this summer? Our Indigenous Literature BINGO card is here!
From time-traveling fiction to stories about resilience, family, and the land — each square highlights a unique way to engage with Indigenous Lit!
🌿 World Environment Day Picks! 🌍
Celebrate June 5 with stories that honour land, language & tradition.
📖 Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?
🦌 Kokum, Are These Moose Tracks?
🐟 Herring to Huckleberry
🌱 Renewal
Celebrate June 5 with stories that honour land, language & tradition.
📖 Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?
🦌 Kokum, Are These Moose Tracks?
🐟 Herring to Huckleberry
🌱 Renewal
June 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌿 World Environment Day Picks! 🌍
Celebrate June 5 with stories that honour land, language & tradition.
📖 Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?
🦌 Kokum, Are These Moose Tracks?
🐟 Herring to Huckleberry
🌱 Renewal
Celebrate June 5 with stories that honour land, language & tradition.
📖 Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?
🦌 Kokum, Are These Moose Tracks?
🐟 Herring to Huckleberry
🌱 Renewal
📚✨ National Indigenous History Month is here — a time to honour, learn, and reflect.
Dive into the stories of seven remarkable Indigenous heroes from Canadian history through Tales from Big Spirit — a powerful graphic novel series by David A. Robertson.
Dive into the stories of seven remarkable Indigenous heroes from Canadian history through Tales from Big Spirit — a powerful graphic novel series by David A. Robertson.
June 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📚✨ National Indigenous History Month is here — a time to honour, learn, and reflect.
Dive into the stories of seven remarkable Indigenous heroes from Canadian history through Tales from Big Spirit — a powerful graphic novel series by David A. Robertson.
Dive into the stories of seven remarkable Indigenous heroes from Canadian history through Tales from Big Spirit — a powerful graphic novel series by David A. Robertson.
It was an honour to hear David speak at the First Nations School Association of British Columbia about healing and teaching through story, returning to the land and language, and deepening our connection to each other and the environment.
📚 His latest book, The Kodiaks, carries these values forward
📚 His latest book, The Kodiaks, carries these values forward
May 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It was an honour to hear David speak at the First Nations School Association of British Columbia about healing and teaching through story, returning to the land and language, and deepening our connection to each other and the environment.
📚 His latest book, The Kodiaks, carries these values forward
📚 His latest book, The Kodiaks, carries these values forward
🌸 Celebrate All Women This Mother’s Day 🌸
From matriarchs and aunties to knowledge keepers and caregivers, we honour the women who guide, protect, and nurture—just like the animal mothers in The Mothers of Xsan series.📚
✨ Use code: MOM20 afor 20% off ALL books at checkout
🗓️ Valid through May 31
From matriarchs and aunties to knowledge keepers and caregivers, we honour the women who guide, protect, and nurture—just like the animal mothers in The Mothers of Xsan series.📚
✨ Use code: MOM20 afor 20% off ALL books at checkout
🗓️ Valid through May 31
May 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🌸 Celebrate All Women This Mother’s Day 🌸
From matriarchs and aunties to knowledge keepers and caregivers, we honour the women who guide, protect, and nurture—just like the animal mothers in The Mothers of Xsan series.📚
✨ Use code: MOM20 afor 20% off ALL books at checkout
🗓️ Valid through May 31
From matriarchs and aunties to knowledge keepers and caregivers, we honour the women who guide, protect, and nurture—just like the animal mothers in The Mothers of Xsan series.📚
✨ Use code: MOM20 afor 20% off ALL books at checkout
🗓️ Valid through May 31
We publish books that incorporate Indigenous languages ...
🪶 Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
🪶 Nisto Mekwana / Three Feathers
🪶 Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw
🪶 Powwow Counting in Cree
🪶 Amō’s Sapotawan
🪶 Stand Like a Cedar
... Because kids and teens deserve to see their words on the page.
🪶 Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
🪶 Nisto Mekwana / Three Feathers
🪶 Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw
🪶 Powwow Counting in Cree
🪶 Amō’s Sapotawan
🪶 Stand Like a Cedar
... Because kids and teens deserve to see their words on the page.
March 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We publish books that incorporate Indigenous languages ...
🪶 Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
🪶 Nisto Mekwana / Three Feathers
🪶 Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw
🪶 Powwow Counting in Cree
🪶 Amō’s Sapotawan
🪶 Stand Like a Cedar
... Because kids and teens deserve to see their words on the page.
🪶 Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
🪶 Nisto Mekwana / Three Feathers
🪶 Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw
🪶 Powwow Counting in Cree
🪶 Amō’s Sapotawan
🪶 Stand Like a Cedar
... Because kids and teens deserve to see their words on the page.
Indigenous languages are living, powerful, and enduring.
We’ve published books written in, translated into, and celebrating Cree, Swampy Cree, Rocky Cree, Anishinaabemowin, Halq’emeylem, Nłeʔkepmxcín, and more.
Why? Because language is not a feature—it’s foundational.
We’ve published books written in, translated into, and celebrating Cree, Swampy Cree, Rocky Cree, Anishinaabemowin, Halq’emeylem, Nłeʔkepmxcín, and more.
Why? Because language is not a feature—it’s foundational.
March 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Indigenous languages are living, powerful, and enduring.
We’ve published books written in, translated into, and celebrating Cree, Swampy Cree, Rocky Cree, Anishinaabemowin, Halq’emeylem, Nłeʔkepmxcín, and more.
Why? Because language is not a feature—it’s foundational.
We’ve published books written in, translated into, and celebrating Cree, Swampy Cree, Rocky Cree, Anishinaabemowin, Halq’emeylem, Nłeʔkepmxcín, and more.
Why? Because language is not a feature—it’s foundational.
🌸 International Women’s Day continues, and we’re celebrating Indigenous women authors all month! 🌸
🎉 To honor their voices, we’re offering 25% off select Indigenous women-authored titles!
Shop today and support Indigenous women’s voices!
Visit
🎉 To honor their voices, we’re offering 25% off select Indigenous women-authored titles!
Shop today and support Indigenous women’s voices!
Visit
Honouring International Women's Day With Stories by Indigenous Women
Publishing practical K–12 educational materials and Indigenous literature
www.portageandmainpress.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🌸 International Women’s Day continues, and we’re celebrating Indigenous women authors all month! 🌸
🎉 To honor their voices, we’re offering 25% off select Indigenous women-authored titles!
Shop today and support Indigenous women’s voices!
Visit
🎉 To honor their voices, we’re offering 25% off select Indigenous women-authored titles!
Shop today and support Indigenous women’s voices!
Visit
💜 This International Women’s Day, we’ve highlighted stories that celebrate Indigenous women and girls—their strength, histories, and futures.
✨ To celebrate, we’re offering 25% off a curated selection of books written by Indigenous women. Use the discount code IWD2025 on our website all month!
✨ To celebrate, we’re offering 25% off a curated selection of books written by Indigenous women. Use the discount code IWD2025 on our website all month!
March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
💜 This International Women’s Day, we’ve highlighted stories that celebrate Indigenous women and girls—their strength, histories, and futures.
✨ To celebrate, we’re offering 25% off a curated selection of books written by Indigenous women. Use the discount code IWD2025 on our website all month!
✨ To celebrate, we’re offering 25% off a curated selection of books written by Indigenous women. Use the discount code IWD2025 on our website all month!
🌿 International Women’s Day is about recognizing diverse stories. Echo Desjardins, a Métis teen, struggles with loneliness until she is transported into pivotal moments of Métis history. This omnibus collection of the four-part graphic Echo’s journey reminds us that knowing our history is key.
March 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌿 International Women’s Day is about recognizing diverse stories. Echo Desjardins, a Métis teen, struggles with loneliness until she is transported into pivotal moments of Métis history. This omnibus collection of the four-part graphic Echo’s journey reminds us that knowing our history is key.
🌿 Stories are more than just words on a page—they are acts of resistance, reclamation, and resilience.
📚 The books we’ve highlighted for upcoming International Women’s Day celebrate Indigenous women’s strength, wisdom, and perseverance.
🔥 Support Indigenous women this International Women's Day!
📚 The books we’ve highlighted for upcoming International Women’s Day celebrate Indigenous women’s strength, wisdom, and perseverance.
🔥 Support Indigenous women this International Women's Day!
March 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌿 Stories are more than just words on a page—they are acts of resistance, reclamation, and resilience.
📚 The books we’ve highlighted for upcoming International Women’s Day celebrate Indigenous women’s strength, wisdom, and perseverance.
🔥 Support Indigenous women this International Women's Day!
📚 The books we’ve highlighted for upcoming International Women’s Day celebrate Indigenous women’s strength, wisdom, and perseverance.
🔥 Support Indigenous women this International Women's Day!
🔥 "Last Standing Woman" by Winona LaDuke is a novel of resistance, hope, and survival. Spanning seven generations, this 25th-anniversary edition chronicles an Anishinaabe community’s resilience through colonization, displacement, and renewal. What does the phrase "Last Standing Woman" mean to you?
March 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🔥 "Last Standing Woman" by Winona LaDuke is a novel of resistance, hope, and survival. Spanning seven generations, this 25th-anniversary edition chronicles an Anishinaabe community’s resilience through colonization, displacement, and renewal. What does the phrase "Last Standing Woman" mean to you?
🌊 In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier is a book that has changed lives.
🔎 This 40th-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking novel continues to inspire conversations about identity, survival, and sisterhood.
💡 Have you read April Raintree’s journey? Share your thoughts below! ⬇️ #IWD
🔎 This 40th-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking novel continues to inspire conversations about identity, survival, and sisterhood.
💡 Have you read April Raintree’s journey? Share your thoughts below! ⬇️ #IWD
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🌊 In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier is a book that has changed lives.
🔎 This 40th-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking novel continues to inspire conversations about identity, survival, and sisterhood.
💡 Have you read April Raintree’s journey? Share your thoughts below! ⬇️ #IWD
🔎 This 40th-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking novel continues to inspire conversations about identity, survival, and sisterhood.
💡 Have you read April Raintree’s journey? Share your thoughts below! ⬇️ #IWD
📖 Spíləx̣m: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell is a stunning memoir that intertwines poetry and prose, sharing the journey of an intergenerational survivor of Canada’s residential school system.
March 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📖 Spíləx̣m: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell is a stunning memoir that intertwines poetry and prose, sharing the journey of an intergenerational survivor of Canada’s residential school system.
🌸 This International Women’s Day, we will honour the strength, wisdom, and resilience of Indigenous women and girls. Through storytelling, we recognize their experiences, histories, and futures.
📚 This week, we’re highlighting powerful books from women authors in what is now known as Canada.
📚 This week, we’re highlighting powerful books from women authors in what is now known as Canada.
March 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🌸 This International Women’s Day, we will honour the strength, wisdom, and resilience of Indigenous women and girls. Through storytelling, we recognize their experiences, histories, and futures.
📚 This week, we’re highlighting powerful books from women authors in what is now known as Canada.
📚 This week, we’re highlighting powerful books from women authors in what is now known as Canada.
🏳️🌈 Stories about Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ identities are among the most frequently challenged. Many people still attempt to silence books that reflect gender diversity and challenge colonial norms.
📖 Our books respectfully and thoughtfully explore Two-Spirit identity, gender roles, and experiences.
📖 Our books respectfully and thoughtfully explore Two-Spirit identity, gender roles, and experiences.
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🏳️🌈 Stories about Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ identities are among the most frequently challenged. Many people still attempt to silence books that reflect gender diversity and challenge colonial norms.
📖 Our books respectfully and thoughtfully explore Two-Spirit identity, gender roles, and experiences.
📖 Our books respectfully and thoughtfully explore Two-Spirit identity, gender roles, and experiences.
🚨 Book challenges often come from a small group of people who want to decide what is "appropriate" for everyone. But who should have the right to control what young readers learn?
📚 At HighWater Press, we believe readers deserve the freedom to explore stories that reflect their own identities.
📚 At HighWater Press, we believe readers deserve the freedom to explore stories that reflect their own identities.
February 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🚨 Book challenges often come from a small group of people who want to decide what is "appropriate" for everyone. But who should have the right to control what young readers learn?
📚 At HighWater Press, we believe readers deserve the freedom to explore stories that reflect their own identities.
📚 At HighWater Press, we believe readers deserve the freedom to explore stories that reflect their own identities.