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Medicine Wheel Publishing is excited to offer you a sneak peek into some of our upcoming titles, as well as some of our new releases. Follow the links below to order your own copy, and discover our feature pages, where we have curated for you some exclusive details about the book, the author, and what others are saying.
Today is Orange Shirt Day
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A first conversation about the importance of Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters and what little ones can expect to see and do on Orange Shirt Day – The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. An authentic touch and feel board book designed for ages 0-3 written by the founder of the Orange Shirt Day movement.
Alha Disnii
My Truth
My name is Corinne George. I am Wet’suwet’en with Gitksan lineage from the Gidimt’en (Bear) Clan. This is my truth, and through sharing my truth, I strive for ongoing healing and to continue the journey of reconciliation.
The Truth in Truth and Reconciliation
Educational Board Game
The Truth in Truth and Reconciliation Educational Board Game is an essential educational resource that gives participants an immersive learning experience of the process of colonization in a board game format. Through Truth and Consequence Cards, participants can explore iconic Canadian historical events in this immersive, thought-provoking, TRUTH-telling
About Medicine Wheel Publishing
Who We Are
Medicine Wheel Publishing creates award winning, culturally authentic Indigenous books, resources and tools specialized for moral and cultural education. Each book teaches a positive moral message designed to invite all children, youth and adults to engage and participate in culture with authenticity and respect.
Medicine Wheel Publishing is the publisher of many Indigenous authors as well as being the official publisher of Orange Shirt Day written by the Orange Shirt Society. Medicine Wheel Publishing has books in thousands of locations across Canada and the United States. In all of Medicine Wheel Publishing’s books, every word and image has the explicit approval of the Indigenous storytellers and Elders connected to the story.
As of 2023, Medicine Wheel Publishing has over 40 books published and is distributed and represented by Publishers Group Canada for Canadian sales and Publishers Group West in the United States.
Medicine Wheel Publishing has been featured on CBC books, referenced in the House of Commons and appeared on national television. Medicine Wheel Publishing was founded by Teddy Anderson (Yeíl S’aghi) who is multicultural and an adopted member of the Carcross Tagish First Nations of the Tlingit Community. Teddy is also a board member of Books BC.
News Articles
Astound TV Network – Cultural Bridges
“Welcome to Cultural Bridges. Here we discuss the positive influences from people of different cultures. I’m your host, Artie Freeman. Joining me today in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is the founder of Medicine Wheel Teddy Anderson.”
Medicine Wheel Publishing and Marisa Alps win Books BC awards
“Books BC has announced the winners of two awards that celebrate the best of the province’s publishing industry.
Medicine Wheel Publishing is set to receive the Jim Douglas Publisher of the Year award, while industry veteran Marisa…”
Apr 30th, 2024
Medicine Wheel Publishing Elders’ and Educators’ Council
As of 2022, Medicine Wheel Publishing is supported by an Indigenous Elders’ and Educators’ Council made up of knowledgeable members of the Indigenous community who advise our cultural practices and help us to walk in a good way. Each offering their own expertise that helps guide our process and system to ensure authenticity and quality.
Medicine wheel Publishing acknowledges that we live and work on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish People including the Scia’new people, the lək̓ʷəŋən people and the T’Sou-ke people.
Our Authors
Medicine Wheel Publishing partners with a range of talented Indigenous authors and storytellers.
Phyllis Webstad
Cultural Connections: Secwépemc and Irish/French
Home Base: Williams Lake, BC
Galksi De’entkw
(Peter Thomas Mckay)
Cultural Connections: Nisga’a First Nation
Pershlie “Perci” Ami
Cultural Connections: Hopi/Tewa Tribe
Home Base: Phoenix, AZ
Carol Rose GoldenEagle
Cultural Connections: Cree/Dene
Home Base: Sandy Bay, SK
Kung Jaadee
Cultural Connections: Haida
Home Base: Vancouver, BC
Karen Whetung
Cultural Connections: Anishinaabe, mixed European ancestry
Home Base: Victoria, BC
Willie Poll
Cultural Connections: Métis (Métis Nation of Ontario)
Home Base: Prince Edward Island
Kevin Locke
Cultural Connections: Lakota and Anishinabe
Home Base: Wakapala, South Dakota
Lindsay Christina King
Cultural Connections: Ojibway
Home Base: Pikangikum First Nation, ON
Ren Louie
Cultural Connections: Nuu-chah-nulth, African-American, and Ukranian
Home Base: Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ Territory, Victoria, BC
James Corbiere (Waabi Makoohns)
Cultural Connections: Aanishinaabe, Bear Clan
Home Base: Cowichan Valley, BC
Corinne George
Cultural Connections: Wet’suwet’en
from the Gidimt’en Clan (Bear Clan)
Home Base: Burns Lake, BC
Carrie, Kelly and River Armstrong
Cultural Connections: Métis
Home Base: Edmonton, AB
David Bouchard
Cultural Connections: Ojibway, Métis
Home Base: Victoria, BC
Theresa “Corky” Larsen-Jonasson
Cultural Connections: Cree, Danish, Métis
Home Base: Red Deer, AB
Trudy Spiller
Cultural Connections: Gitxsan Nation
Home Base: Victoria, BC
Juliana Armstrong
Cultural Connections: Ojibway
Home Base: Nipissing First Nation, ON
Teddy Anderson
Cultural Connections: Adopted Tlingit by Elder Annie Auston. Persian, English, Scottish and Norwegian.
Home Base: Victoria BC
Giving Back
Medicine Wheel Publishing believes that all things in life are interrelated in one sacred circle — one world, one people, one planet and one community. The teaching is profound, yet simple. What goes into your circle will come back to you. That’s why, since its inception, Medicine Wheel Publishing has strived to always give back in a meaningful way that completes that circle.
Medicine Wheel Publishing has donated over 15,000 books to Indigenous schools and communities as well as offering over $300,000 in donations or discounts to Indigenous communities, teachers, social workers, and more.
Medicine Wheel Publishing has donated over $25,000 to non-profits including the following:
The Orange Shirt Society
“The Orange Shirt Society creates awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of Indian Residential Schools.”
Indian Residential School Survivor Society
“The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) is a provincial organization that provides essential services to residential school survivors and families experiencing intergenerational trauma. We have been supporting Indigenous people since 1994.”
ArtsCan Circle
“ArtsCan Circle opens pathways where youth not just collaborate with artists but have access to instruments and creative tools as well so that youth can ultimately share their stories through a multitude of creative expressions.”
Why Publish with Medicine Wheel Publishing
Medicine Wheel Publishing offers Indigenous storytellers a welcoming and safe space to share their life stories, cultural teachings and truths while accessing expertise in the publishing world. With a relationship-based publishing program that empowers authors with creative control, we ensure cultural authenticity and respect for all.
If you have a book idea you’d like to share, please see our “submit a script” section.
Phyllis Webstad
“I am so glad I met Teddy and his publishing company. Other publishers didn’t know how to work with me, but Teddy knew right away how to get the story from my brain and heart onto the paper. I strongly recommend his company, he and his staff are growing into a larger company and are able to help and be there for many more truth-tellers. Kukstemcw Teddy Anderson for publishing my story!”
Kevin Locke
“Having done several projects with Medicine Wheel, I highly recommend their professionalism and products. They go to great lengths to ensure that the narratives are authentically Indigenous and transcend tribal/cultural specific themes to accentuate universal human values. Readers of every background around the globe will identify with and find deep meaning in their materials. The books also contain stimulating study questions to help the readers identify take-away themes and ideas. Each book has excellent, inspirational illustrations that breathe the spirit of color and added vitality, and propel each storyline. These books fill a vital role in helping young readers to connect with our collective heritage as part of one world.”
Kung Jaadee
“Mr. Anderson was always considerate of me, and my feelings towards everything in the creation of my book, Raven’s Feast. Mr. Anderson has listened carefully to all of my suggestions for changes in the text and the illustrations for my story. I have been treated with utmost respect and dignity. I have been treated like an equal partner for every decision; every edit, regardless of how minor has been discussed, often at length. Mr. Anderson has called me on several occasions to ensure complete clarity on both our parts. He’s approachable and open to all suggestions. He’s flexible and willing to be there, to hold my hand, as it were, as I have never published a book before. I am most grateful to him and to his team in the completion of my book. It’s beautiful! I am proud to bring it to my children and to my grandchildren as well; to enjoy for years to come.”
Our Distribution & Representation
Medicine Wheel Publishing is proudly represented by Publishers Group Canada and distributed by Raincoast Books for Canadian sales. For U.S. sales, we are proudly represented and distributed by Publishers Group West by Ingram Content Group.
If you are a retailer who is interested in ordering some of our authentic Indigenous-authored books, please see below for more information on who you can contact.
Canadian Distribution
Customer Service and Book Orders
Raincoast Books
2440 Viking Way, Richmond, BC • V6V 1N2
Monday to Friday: 7:00 am to 4:30 pm PST
1-800-663-5714 • Fax: 1-800-565-3770
customerservice@raincoast.com
Canadian Representation
Mailing Address
Raincoast Books
Publishers Group Canada
201-128A Sterling Road, Toronto, ON • M6R 2B7
416-934-9900 • Toll Free: 1-800-747-8147 • Fax: 416-934-1410
info@pgcbooks.ca
Sales Representatives
ONTARIO & QUEBEC
Michael Martin
Martin & Associates Sales Agency
594 Windermere Avenue, Toronto, ON • M6S 3l8
416-460-7115 • Fax: 647-372-5308
michael@martinsalesagency.ca
Heather Roberts
Martin & Associates Sales Agency
#3-12 High Park Ave, Toronto, ON • M6P 2R9
226-700-9157
heather@martinsalesagency.ca
LIBRARIES & ATLANTIC CANADA
Margot Stokreef
594 Windermere Avenue, Toronto, ON • M6S 3l8
416-697-5620 • Fax: 647-372-5308
margot@martinsalesagency.ca
BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA & THE TERRITORIES
Heather Read
Read and Co Books
c/o Bridget Clark
760 Menawood Place, Victoria, BC • V8Y 2Z6
250-532-3976 • Fax: 250-984-7631
readandcobooks@gmail.com
Bridget Clark
Read and Co Books
760 Menawood Place, Victoria, BC • V8Y 2Z6
778-772-1276 • Fax: 250-984-7631
bridget@readandcobooks.ca
SASKATCHEWAN, MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO
Rorie Bruce
737 Montrose Street, Winnipeg, MB • R3M 3M5
204-781-1769 • Fax: 204-487-3993
rorbruce@mymts.net
Mailing Address
Raincoast Books
Publishers Group Canada
201-128A Sterling Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M6R 2B7
Phone: 416-934-9900
Toll Free: 1-800-747-8147
Fax: 416-934-1410
Email: info@pgcbooks.ca
U.S. Distribution & Representation
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES & HIGHER EDUCATION ACCOUNTS
Tel: 866-400-5351
Fax: 800-838-1149
Email: ips@ingramcontent.com
IPS SAN: 6318630
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
Please contact your PGW sales rep or customer service.
Tel: 800-343-4499
Email: IPSJacksonOrders@ingramcontent.com
GIFTS & SPECIAL SALES INQUIRIES
Tel: 866-400-5351
Email: gift.sales@ingramcontent.com
SEND ALL DAMAGED, DEFECTIVE OR OVERSTOCK RETURNS TO:
Ingram Publisher Services
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