These are Indigenous-owned publishers who focus on producing materials that are culturally relevant.  Some of them will also offer publications for language learning, so take a look!

• Inhabit Media

High quality, gorgeous books by Inuit authors from Nunavut, in English and often also in Inuktitut. You cannot buy them off their website but they tell you how to order them here.

• Eaglecrest books

Eaglecrest books is a small publisher out of BC that specializes in early literacy books with a focus on a representation of First Nations children in various family and cultural situations.  There are books offered in English, French and in Plains Cree (RSO and syllabics!).

You can also apparently contact the publisher to have the books done in your own dialect or language.  The words are usually on a white page facing the pictures so you can see how this would work well.  Very, very cool.  I love the pictures and think this is a great resource for young language learners.

• Theytus Books

• Gabriel Dumont Institute: (Métis and Michif focused books, many children’s books) The September 2011 catalogue can be found here.

• Pemmican Publications (Métis and Michif focused with many children’s books)  The 2011 catalogue can be found here.

• Kegedonce Pres

• Ningwakwe Learning Press

• Oyate

– There are many resources available through Oyate. I also suggest looking at the ‘books to avoid’ section.  It does not provide a list…but rather provides good criteria for evaluating them.

• 5th House Publishing

– I don’t think they are aboriginal-owned, but they do have a series of books by aboriginal authors that are worth checking out.  In particular, I’ve linked you to their This Land Is Our Storybook which focuses on the various aboriginal nations in the NWT.  This is also the publisher that will eventually be distributing Steve Keewatin Sanderson’s work.