Year
|
Category
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Author
|
Title
|
Result
|
Ref.
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2003-2004
|
|
Tomson Highway with Brian Deines (illus.)
|
Dragonfly Kites
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2004-2005
|
|
Andrea Spalding
|
Solomon’s Tree
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2005-2006
|
|
Jan Bourdeau Waboose
|
Sky Sisters
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2006-2007
|
|
Larry Loyie
|
As Long as the Rivers Flow
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2007-2008
|
No Award Presented
|
[2]
|
2008-2009
|
|
Leo Yerxa
|
Ancient Thunder
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2009-2010
|
|
Sylvia Olsen
|
Which Way Should I Go?
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2010-2011
|
|
David Bouchard-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
|
Long Powwow Nights
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2011-2012
|
|
Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton with Liz Amini-Holmes (illus.)
|
Fatty Legs
|
Winner
|
[2][5]
|
2012-2013
|
|
Janet Wilson
|
Shannen and the Dream for a School
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
2013-2014
|
|
Richard Wagamese
|
Indian Horse
|
Winner
|
[2][6]
|
Drew Hayden Taylor
|
Motorcycles and Sweetgrass
|
Shortlist
|
[7]
|
Dawn Dumont
|
Nobody Cries at BINGO
|
Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton with Liz Amini-Holmes (illus.)
|
A Stranger at Home: A True Story
|
David Alexander Robertson with Scott B. Henderson (illus.)
|
Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story
|
2014-2015
|
Children's
|
Julie Flett
|
Wildberries / Pakwa che Menisu
|
Winner
|
[2][8]
|
Roy Henry Vickers
|
Raven Brings the Light
|
Shortlist
|
[9][10]
|
Rene Andre Meshake
|
Moccasin Creek
|
Victor Lethbridge
|
Little Chief and the Gifts of the Morning Star
|
Leah Dorion
|
The Diamond Willow Walking Stick
|
2015-2016
|
|
Darrell Dennis
|
Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth about Lies about Indians
|
Winner
|
[5][11]
|
Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo
|
Up Ghost River
|
Shortlist
|
[12]
|
Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Leatherdale (Eds.)
|
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices
|
Dawn Dumont
|
Rose’s Run
|
Jordin Tootoo
|
All the Way: My Life on Ice
|
2016-2017
|
Children's
|
Jennifer Harrington with Michael Arnott (illus.)
|
Spirit Bear
|
Winner
|
|
Celina Kalluk
|
Sweetest Kulu
|
Shortlist
|
[13]
|
Danielle Daniel
|
Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox
|
Alan Syliboy
|
The Thundermaker
|
Sandy Tharp-Thee
|
The Apple Tree
|
2017-2018
|
|
Carol Rose Daniels
|
Bearskin Diary
|
Winner
|
[14][15]
|
2018-2019
|
Children's
|
Joanne Robertson
|
The Water Walker
|
Winner
|
[14]
|
David Robertson
|
When We Were Alone
|
Shortlist
|
[16]
|
Monique Gray Smith
|
My Heart Fills with Happiness
|
Sherri Maret
|
The Cloud Artist
|
Deborah Kigjugalik Webster
|
Akilak's Adventure
|
Young Adult/Adult
|
Tanya Talaga
|
Seven Fallen Feathers
|
Winner
|
[14]
|
2019-2020
|
Children's
|
Cindy Blackstock
|
Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dreams
|
Winner
|
[14]
|
Theresa Meuse-Dallien
|
The Gathering
|
Shortlist
|
[17]
|
Dallas Hunt
|
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
|
Jeannette C. Armstrong
|
Neekna and Chemai
|
Roselynn Akulukjuk
|
Putuguq & Kublu and the Qalupalik!
|
Young Adult/Adult
|
Monique Gray Smith
|
Tilly and the Crazy Eights
|
Winner
|
[5][14]
|
2020-2021
|
Children's
|
Clayton Gauthier
|
The Bear’s Medicine
|
Winner
|
[14][18]
|
Rebecca Thomas and Pauline Young
|
I'm Finding My Talk
|
Shortlist
|
[19]
|
Ida Tremblay and Miriam Körner
|
When We Had Sled Dogs
|
Nancy Cooper, Heather Charles, Myrtle Jamieson, and Milena Vujanovic
|
E Meshkwadooniged Mitig /The Trading Tree
|
Sylvia Olsen, Odelia Smith and Sheena Lott
|
Neekah's Knitting Needles
|
Young Adult/Adult
|
Drew Hayden Taylor
|
Chasing Painted Horses
|
Winner
|
[5][14]
|
2021-2022
|
Children's
|
Bridget George
|
It’s a Mitig!
|
Winner
|
[20][21]
|
Serapio Ittusardjuat
|
How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice
|
Shortlist
|
[1]
|
Mary Qamaniq-Mason and Kevin Qamaniq-Mason
|
I Am Loved
|
Suzie Napayok-Short
|
Kits, Cubs, and Calves: An Arctic Summer
|
Robert Budd with Roy Henry Vickers (illus.)
|
Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak
|
Charlene Bearhead and Wilson Bearhead
|
Siha Tooskin Knows the Strength of His Hair
|
Rebecca Thomas
|
Swift Fox All Along
|
Monique Gray Smith with Nicole Neidhardt (illus.)
|
When We Are Kind
|
[1][21]
|
Young Adult/Adult
|
Phyllis Webstad and Joan Sorley
|
Orange Shirt Day
|
Winner
|
[20][21]
|
David A. Robertson
|
Black Water
|
Shortlist
|
[1][21]
|
Michelle Good
|
Five Little Indians
|
Bevann Fox
|
Genocidal Love: A Life after Residential School
|
[1]
|
Nathan Adler
|
Ghost Lake
|