• Whose Land

• Histories of Indigenous Peoples and Canada - open textbook

• Canadian Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples resource collection

• Historica Canada education guides (ex. treaties, residential schools)

• Canadian Geographic Education’s Indigenous Cultural Heritage, Canada’s Original Place Names, & Canada’s Residential Schools Google Earth Voyager stories & their Paths to Reconciliation site

• Civic Action: Then & Now from Elections Canada (see the case study on treaty rights)

• Truth & Reconciliation Commission Reports

• CBC Curio: Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada

• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives

• Legacy of Hope Foundation (see “Where are the Children”)

• Reconciliation Canada's Community Action Toolkits & Reconciliation Dialogue Workshops

• The Montreal Indigenous Community Network's Indigenous Ally Toolkit

• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Non-Fiction

• General backgrounders:

  • Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel

  • The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

  • Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth About Lies About Indians by Darrell Dennis

  • 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph

• Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

• The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill

• Histories of Indigenous Peoples and Canada by John Belshaw, Sarah Nickel, & Chelsea Horton (open textbook available online for free)

• A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Fiction

• Turtle Island Reads:

  • The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

  • Those Who Run in the Sky by Aviaq Johnston

  • Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson, GMB Chomichuk, Iskwé, & Erin Leslie

• 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga by David Alexander Robertson & Scott B. Henderson

• Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

• Ravensong by Lee Maracle

• Bearskin Diary by Carol Daniels

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• The Break by Katherena Vermette

• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

• The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

Documentaries

• NFB Campus- Indigenous Voices & Reconciliation playlist

  • Recommended viewing: Tim Wolochatiuk's "We Were Children” and Alanis Obomsawin's “Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance”

• CBC Curio:

  • Collections: 8th Fire, Residential Schools, Beyond 94, Contemporary Indigenous Voices

  • Docs POV: Angry Inuk, Cottagers & Indians, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, Searching for Winnetou, Birth of a Family

  • Short Docs: Headdress, Jaat Sdiihltl'lxa: Woman Who Returns, Peace River Rising, Tshiuetin, Karihwanoron: Precious Things

Note that all Quebec teachers have free access to NFB Campus & CBC Curio via their school board emails. Subscriptions are paid for by the MEES.

Films & Shows

• Indian Horse, based on Richard Wagamese's book

• APTN's Future History with Sarain Fox & Kris Nahrgang

• Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again

Videos

• Historica Canada: Voices From Here series

• How to Talk About Indigenous Peoples of Canada

• Métis Identity in Canada

• Inuit in Canada

• CBC's The Secret Life of Canada, hosted by Falen Johnson & Leah-Simone Bowen

  • Recommended episodes: Water, The Hudson’s Bay Blanket, Kanesatake 300 Years Later, The Medicine Line, The Indian Act, The Secret Life of the North

• Historica Canada's Residential Schools 3-part podcast series

• CBC's Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo, hosted by Connie Walker

  • Teaching guide by the Dufferin Peel School Board

• CBC's Telling Our Twisted Histories, hosted by Kaniehti:io Horn

• CBC's Unreserved, hosted by Falen Johnson (previously hosted by Rosanna Deerchild)

• Canadaland's Thunder Bay, hosted by Ryan McMahon

• Stories from the Land, hosted by Ryan McMahon

• Pam Palmater's Warrior Life podcast

• This Place, hosted by Rosanna Deerchild

• Pieces, by Jeremy Ratt

• Muddied Water, hosted by Stephanie Cram

• Anti-Racist Educator Reads, hosted by Colinda Clyne

Twitter

• Activists: Cindy Blackstock, Pam Palmater

• Journalists: Angela Sterritt, Ka’nhehsí:io Deer

Instagram

• Sken:nen Centre: Nova Career Centre's Indigenous Resources Services