Longhouse Publishing

Longhouse Publishing in Mission, British Columbia publishes quality books on Indigenous and cultural themes. We draw on over 50 years of combined experience and knowledge on Indigenous culture, writing and production. We are particularly sensitive to the cultural and spiritual protocols of Indigenous people, and we have a deep understanding of the social and political realities that we all face today.

Longhouse Publishing has been producing and publishing culturally-related materials for Indigenous People for over 35 years. Culturally-related materials produced include audio production (literary) and print media: booklets, reports, brochures and signage. To view portfolio samples and to read more about publisher/producer Ann Mohs, click here

Sepass Poems

The Sepass Poems are ancient and date to a time, long before Europeans arrived in North America. The poems were translated from the Coast Salish language into English over a 4-year period, between 1911 and 1915 and represent the only work of ‘classic’ Coast Salish literature-in-translation.

Amongst God’s Own

The story of St. Mary’s Mission on the Fraser River is an insightful and readable account of the integral relationships that shaped its history. One of Canada’s foremost non-fiction writers, Glavin has woven a highly charged narrative around the words of former students and archival photographs to produce a veracious and timeless book. *

Devil’s Run

Inspector Eddie Julian of the Tribal Police Force finds more than he bargains for when a fisheries officer is found dead in the river during a river-wide fishing ban. The investigation takes Eddie Julian into a world he’s unfamiliar with as he begins to solve this case, while searching for his biological roots, and battling with the emotions… **

Sepass Poems Glossary CD

Spoken by Halq’eméylem (Coast Salish) speaker, Vivian Williams, Cheam First Nation, British Columbia. Learn the right pronunciations for the Halq’eméylem words found in Sepass Poems.

Songs of Y-Ail-Mihth, the Ancient Singer CD

The Sepass Family and Longhouse Publishing are pleased to announce these extraordinary Poems have been recorded and produced as they were meant to be—in the oral tradition. And in this oral tradition, cultural teachings and spiritual values bring this ancient history alive!

* Amongst God’s Own is temporarily out of print
** Devil’s Run is out of print