Firstnations Stories

Ukrainian boy greeted with his first exposure to the first nations of Canada.

This is a research paper I did for my essay on Residential School in the 1920's

in which you will find your perfect female faceclaim

A Native American Multiverse. Dedicated to every Native Girl.

As the ROM Youth Cabinet, we completed our Wattpad writings with the support of Indigenous community members: Embodied Storyteller Monique Mojica; Artistic Director of Chocolate Woman Collective from the Kuna and Rappahannock Nations, Anishinaabeg Knowledge Keeper/Storyteller Ernie Sandy; and with editing support from Cree/Metis Writer Tyler Pennock. We had multiple writing sessions and experiences to assist in sparking our imagination during their project, including a writing retreat on the land at Colborne Lodge in High Park. Our writings were inspired by objects in the Royal Ontario Museum's Indigenous collections, as well as our experiences in the First Peoples Gallery and with the Youth Cabinet. The stories and poems are read by Youth Cabinet members. We hope you enjoy!

A guide to #NativeNations, what it supports, and why it was created.

just a rant of a young aboriginal teenager! i'm just here to share opinions, and rants. tbh.

Once Upon Now Grand Prize Winner published by Gallery Books. Sixteen-year-old Mira Sighansen never questions her place in the majestic wilderness of the Yukon Territory until she witnesses her brothers' oil rig explode. Refusing to believe the young men are dead, the teen's suspicions are strengthened when their bodies aren't found and she's later visited by six wild egrets. But these are no ordinary birds, and Mira is faced with a remarkable task not even the loss of her voice or the anger of her best friend (over a boy, of course!) can hamper. Convinced she can break a magical enchantment to bring her brothers back, Mira will risk jail and even psychiatric commitment to stop the rig from being rebuilt. Failure to overcome the doubts of her mayor mother, the opposition of her drilling foreman step-father, and the wrath of an industry thirsty for the valuable natural resource could mean not only the end of her family as she knows it, but also the loss of a vital part of her peoples' culture. This 9,000 word original short story is a modern-day retelling of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale number forty-nine 'The Six Swans' with a First Nations twist. It was part of the #OnceUponNow contest sponsored by @Target for a chance to be included in a published anthology. As of July 5, 2016, it has made it into the Top 25 and as of August 16, 2016, it has been announced as one of the Top 10 Grand Prize winners.

Tarni Hargreeves - The Dreamer Tarni was out living her life, travelling, exploring, when she is pulled into a dimension of chaos and, the apocalypse. "why can't I just wake up from this nightmare..."

This was actually supposed to be a Social Studies Position Paper, but it turned out really good, so I figured that some Wattpad users would enjoy reading this! Feel free to use this as information in your own writing pieces, but just make sure you cite it along with all of your other sources of information.

More information this coming fall.

Just a school project I did last year.

I'm a Mohawk writer and thought blogs on Rez life may make a good diverse read for people. "Khiatons" means "I write" or "I am a writer" in Mohawk so I use it as my writing tag.

A Collection of Spooky and Legendary Short Stories from across Canada. FOLKLORE, GHOSTS, CRYPTIDS and UFOs. Ongoing instalments.

This semester I am taking Native American Literature so we are learning about their stories and mythologies. I want to share you some of the stories that were told long ago by the people who were the first ones here and even retell some of the stories myself. I hope you enjoy and don't forget about the people that came here before us.

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This book, is going to be about all my love stories. There's a lot, if you love tea, tragedies, and romance. You'll love reading my book. 🥰

People feel that the Silverheel sisters are peculiar. The Silverheel sisters know they are peculiar. They never fit in - not in school, not in the neighborhood, not even in the city. It is not just their appearance, it isn't just their heritage... it runs deeper, underneath their skins, inside their marrows. This is more; an icy fire in their hearts and a malicious itch in their minds. The private joke between the two sisters circles around how they are "not of this world," but they didn't anticipate it to be truer than they could ever have thought. What starts out as another normal day in the woods behind their house, ends with their lives upended. Everything now is a test of their bond, their resolve, and the lengths they are willing to go to for the sake of their family...

We constantly take and take and take and take, but what have we to give? Cain Newport finds out the hard way. Inspired by Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology I have no affiliation with the First Nations nor have I consulted with them in the creation of this story. Word Count: 1,859

A creation story that makes reference to themes found in many other First Nation stories about how the word came to be. First Nation communities have faced continued forms of erasure and control within Canada, so this story is aimed to shed some light (and possibly inspire some interest) in recognizing and understanding First Nation culture and communities. Themes that are often noted in creation stories include the Sky Woman, the Turtle, Sacrifice, Nature and Duality. Although I make reference to some of these important themes, this is a story that I created myself and has no direct affiliation to the truth-telling of First Nation elders and their wisdom.