"The Lesser Blessed" by Richard Van Camp
We picked this up in a thrift shop free bin. I really enjoyed reading it but a bit raw so not for everyone. It's a story of a coming of age of a First Nation's boy and quite powerful writing in places especially for a first novel (novella really at 119 pages). Van Camp is member of the Dogrib Nation and he did the UVic writing program and is now writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta. Apparently the book has been made into a movie and will be released this year.