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From 1831 to 1996, 150,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit children were forced to attend Residential Schools in Canada. This selection of titles documents that history, and sheds light on the repercussions of that system that still affects Indigenous people today.

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The Marrow Thieves

The Marrow Thieves

by Dimaline, Cherie

Book - 2017

The Marrow Thieves brilliantly connects the legacy of residential schools to a dystopian post-climate-change future where only Indigenous people are able to dream The Marrow Thieves brilliantly connects the legacy of residential schools to a dystopian post-climate-change future where only Indigenous people are able to dream Show less

The Marrow Thieves brilliantly connects the legacy of residential schools to a dystopian post-climate-change future where only Indigenous people are able to dream The Marrow Thieves brilliantly connects the legacy of residential schools to a dystopian post-climate-change future where only Indigenous people are able to dream Show less

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Porcupines and China Dolls

Porcupines and China Dolls

A Novel

by Alexie, Robert Arthur

Book - 2002

Porcupines and China Dolls is about two men, James and Jake, confronting their childhood abuse and breaking the silence to begin a journey of healing and rediscovery. Porcupines and China Dolls is about two men, James and Jake, confronting their childhood abuse and breaking the silence to begin a journey of healing and rediscovery. Show less

Porcupines and China Dolls is about two men, James and Jake, confronting their childhood abuse and breaking the silence to begin a journey of healing and rediscovery. Porcupines and China Dolls is about two men, James and Jake, confronting their childhood abuse and breaking the silence to begin a journey of healing and rediscovery. Show less

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Seven Fallen Feathers

Seven Fallen Feathers

Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in A Northern City

by Talaga, Tanya

Book - 2017

Investigative journalist Tanya Talaga travels to Thunder Bay, Ont., to investigate the deaths of seven Indigenous teenagers. Investigative journalist Tanya Talaga travels to Thunder Bay, Ont., to investigate the deaths of seven Indigenous teenagers. Show less

Investigative journalist Tanya Talaga travels to Thunder Bay, Ont., to investigate the deaths of seven Indigenous teenagers. Investigative journalist Tanya Talaga travels to Thunder Bay, Ont., to investigate the deaths of seven Indigenous teenagers. Show less

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In Search of April Raintree

In Search of April Raintree

by Mosionier, Beatrice

Book - 2008

Two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless to change their fortunes, they are separated, and each put into different foster homes. Two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless to change their fortunes, they are separated, and each put into different foster homes. Show less

Two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless to change their fortunes, they are separated, and each put into different foster homes. Two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless to change their fortunes, they are separated, and each put into different foster homes. Show less

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The Red Files

The Red Files

by Bird-Wilson, Lisa

Book - 2016

This debut poetry collection from Lisa Bird-Wilson reflects on the legacy of the residential school system: the fragmentation of families and histories, with blows that resonate through the generations. This debut poetry collection from Lisa Bird-Wilson reflects on the legacy of the residential school system: the fragmentation of families and histories, with blows that resonate through the generations. Show less

This debut poetry collection from Lisa Bird-Wilson reflects on the legacy of the residential school system: the fragmentation of families and histories, with blows that resonate through the generations. This debut poetry collection from Lisa Bird-Wilson reflects on the legacy of the residential school system: the fragmentation of families and histories, with blows that resonate through the generations. Show less

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Up Ghost River

Up Ghost River

A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

by Metatawabin, Edmund

Book - 2015

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s. A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s. Show less

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s. A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s. Show less

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

TRC Findings and Final Report

by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

eBook - 2016

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Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Book - 2015

This book contains the Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, released in June 2015. This book contains the Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, released in June 2015. Show less

This book contains the Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, released in June 2015. This book contains the Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, released in June 2015. Show less

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Picking up the Pieces

Picking up the Pieces

Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket

by Newman, Carey

Book - 2019

This books documents the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. The blanket include...Show more This books documents the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. The blanket includes hundreds of objects collected from residential schools across Canada with every object telling a story. It is currently on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Show less

This books documents the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. The blanket include...Show more This books documents the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. The blanket includes hundreds of objects collected from residential schools across Canada with every object telling a story. It is currently on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Show less

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"A National Crime"

"A National Crime"

The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986

by Milloy, John Sheridan

Book - 1999

Historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system showing how it was chronically underfunded an...Show more Historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system showing how it was chronically underfunded and often mismanaged, and how this affected the health, education, and well-being of entire generations of Aboriginal children. Show less

Historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system showing how it was chronically underfunded an...Show more Historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system showing how it was chronically underfunded and often mismanaged, and how this affected the health, education, and well-being of entire generations of Aboriginal children. Show less

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Five Little Indians

Five Little Indians

by Good, Michelle

Book - 2020

Winner of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction, Cree writer Michelle Goods' debut novel follows a group of friends as they establish adu...Show more Winner of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction, Cree writer Michelle Goods' debut novel follows a group of friends as they establish adult lives in Metro Vancouver grappling with their childhood spent in the same church-run residential school. Show less

Winner of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction, Cree writer Michelle Goods' debut novel follows a group of friends as they establish adu...Show more Winner of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction, Cree writer Michelle Goods' debut novel follows a group of friends as they establish adult lives in Metro Vancouver grappling with their childhood spent in the same church-run residential school. Show less

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A Knock on the Door

A Knock on the Door

The Essential History of Residential Schools From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

eBook - 2016

A Knock on the Door compiles material from the several reports published by The National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation in a concise and accessible package. A Knock on the Door compiles material from the several reports published by The National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation in a concise and accessible package. Show less

A Knock on the Door compiles material from the several reports published by The National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation in a concise and accessible package. A Knock on the Door compiles material from the several reports published by The National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation in a concise and accessible package. Show less

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Nishga

Nishga

by Abel, Jordan

Book - 2020

NISHGA explores how the colonial violence originating at the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School impacted his grandparents' generation, then his fathers' generation, and ultimately his own. NISHGA explores how the colonial violence originating at the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School impacted his grandparents' generation, then his fathers' generation, and ultimately his own. Show less

NISHGA explores how the colonial violence originating at the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School impacted his grandparents' generation, then his fathers' generation, and ultimately his own. NISHGA explores how the colonial violence originating at the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School impacted his grandparents' generation, then his fathers' generation, and ultimately his own. Show less

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The Education of Augie Merasty

The Education of Augie Merasty

A Residential School Memoir

by Merasty, Joseph Auguste

eBook - 2015

As a child the author was sent to a government-funded, church-run school and subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation. But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through. As a child the author was sent to a government-funded, church-run school and subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation. But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through. Show less

As a child the author was sent to a government-funded, church-run school and subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation. But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through. As a child the author was sent to a government-funded, church-run school and subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation. But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through. Show less

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They Called Me Number One

They Called Me Number One

Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School

by Sellars, Bev

Book - 2013

Bev Sellars has served as chief of the Xatsu'll (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She holds a degree in history from the Unive...Show more Bev Sellars has served as chief of the Xatsu'll (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She holds a degree in history from the University of Victoria and a law degree from the University of British Columbia and was an advisor to the British Columbia Treaty Commission. In this memoir of her years at St. Joseph's Mission, Sellars breaks her silence about the residential school's lasting effects on her and her family and eloquently articulates her own path to healing. Show less

Bev Sellars has served as chief of the Xatsu'll (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She holds a degree in history from the Unive...Show more Bev Sellars has served as chief of the Xatsu'll (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She holds a degree in history from the University of Victoria and a law degree from the University of British Columbia and was an advisor to the British Columbia Treaty Commission. In this memoir of her years at St. Joseph's Mission, Sellars breaks her silence about the residential school's lasting effects on her and her family and eloquently articulates her own path to healing. Show less

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Secret Path

Secret Path

by Downie, Gordon

Book - 2016

Chanie was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to w...Show more Chanie was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to walk home. Gord Downie collaborated with artist Jeff Lemire to create this graphic novel that tells his story. Show less

Chanie was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to w...Show more Chanie was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to walk home. Gord Downie collaborated with artist Jeff Lemire to create this graphic novel that tells his story. Show less

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The Reason You Walk

The Reason You Walk

by Kinew, Wab

Book - 2015

Born to an Anishinaabe father and a non-native mother, Wab Kinew has a foot in both cultures. In this moving memoir he learns about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. Born to an Anishinaabe father and a non-native mother, Wab Kinew has a foot in both cultures. In this moving memoir he learns about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. Show less

Born to an Anishinaabe father and a non-native mother, Wab Kinew has a foot in both cultures. In this moving memoir he learns about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. Born to an Anishinaabe father and a non-native mother, Wab Kinew has a foot in both cultures. In this moving memoir he learns about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. Show less

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Indian Horse

Indian Horse

A Novel

by Wagamese, Richard

Book - 2013

In the novel Indian Horse Saul is taken forcibly from the land and his family and sent to residential school. With compassion and insight Richard Wagamese documents the harsh realities of 1960s Canada. In the novel Indian Horse Saul is taken forcibly from the land and his family and sent to residential school. With compassion and insight Richard Wagamese documents the harsh realities of 1960s Canada. Show less

In the novel Indian Horse Saul is taken forcibly from the land and his family and sent to residential school. With compassion and insight Richard Wagamese documents the harsh realities of 1960s Canada. In the novel Indian Horse Saul is taken forcibly from the land and his family and sent to residential school. With compassion and insight Richard Wagamese documents the harsh realities of 1960s Canada. Show less

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Unsettling the Settler Within

Unsettling the Settler Within

Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada

by Regan, Paulette

Book - 2010

A compassionate call to action, this powerful book offers a new and hopeful path toward healing the wounds of the past. A compassionate call to action, this powerful book offers a new and hopeful path toward healing the wounds of the past. Show less

A compassionate call to action, this powerful book offers a new and hopeful path toward healing the wounds of the past. A compassionate call to action, this powerful book offers a new and hopeful path toward healing the wounds of the past. Show less

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Call Me Indian

Call Me Indian

From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

by Sasakamoose, Fred

Book - 2021

This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's memoir sheds light on Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows this extraordinary man's journey journey from Residential School to his latter years. This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's memoir sheds light on Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows this extraordinary man's journey journey from Residential School to his latter years. Show less

This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's memoir sheds light on Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows this extraordinary man's journey journey from Residential School to his latter years. This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's memoir sheds light on Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows this extraordinary man's journey journey from Residential School to his latter years. Show less

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Kiss of the Fur Queen

Kiss of the Fur Queen

by Highway, Tomson

Book - 2005

Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Show less

Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Show less

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Residential Schools

Residential Schools

With the Words and Images of Survivors

by Loyie, Oskiniko Larry

Book - 2014

This 112 page history offers a first-person perspective of the residential school system in Canada, sharing the memories of more than 70 survivors from across Canada as well as 125 archival and contemporary images. This 112 page history offers a first-person perspective of the residential school system in Canada, sharing the memories of more than 70 survivors from across Canada as well as 125 archival and contemporary images. Show less

This 112 page history offers a first-person perspective of the residential school system in Canada, sharing the memories of more than 70 survivors from across Canada as well as 125 archival and contemporary images. This 112 page history offers a first-person perspective of the residential school system in Canada, sharing the memories of more than 70 survivors from across Canada as well as 125 archival and contemporary images. Show less

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Broken Circle

Broken Circle

The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools : A Memoir

by Fontaine, Theodore

eBook - 2010

This memoir of Residential school and it's aftermath is now an approved curriculum resource for grade 9–12 students in British Columbia and Manitoba. This memoir of Residential school and it's aftermath is now an approved curriculum resource for grade 9–12 students in British Columbia and Manitoba. Show less

This memoir of Residential school and it's aftermath is now an approved curriculum resource for grade 9–12 students in British Columbia and Manitoba. This memoir of Residential school and it's aftermath is now an approved curriculum resource for grade 9–12 students in British Columbia and Manitoba. Show less

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Residential Schools

Residential Schools

The Devastating Impact on Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Findings and Calls for Action

by Florence, Melanie

Book - 2016

Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this ...Show more Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this book offers an account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged. Show less

Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this ...Show more Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this book offers an account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged. Show less

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