LibGuides: Truth and Reconciliation: Library Resources

Books to read from the Library Collection

Life Lived Like a Story by Julie Cruikshank
Call Number: E78.Y8 C7 1990
ISBN: 9780803214477
Publication Date: 1991
An autobiography of three Yukon First Nation women; Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith, and Annie Ned.
Finding Our Faces by Whitehorse Aboriginal Women's Circle
Call Number: E96.65.Y8 M53 2015
ISBN: 9780994775702
Publication Date: 2015
Uyid Ynji Tlaku by Kwanlin Dün First Nation
Publication Date: 2010
Dedication to Residential School survivors of the Yukon.
Kwanlin Dün: dǎ kwǎndur ghày ghàkwadîndur by Kwanlin Dün First Nation
Call Number: E99 .T92 .K83 2020
ISBN: 9781773270784
Publication Date: 2021
Dä´kwändür Ghay Ghàkwädindür--Our Story in Our Words tells the story of the peoples of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, from thousands of years ago to the present day.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Call Number: E98.P5 K56 2013
ISBN: 9781571313355
Publication Date: 2013
An weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American.
21 things you may not know about the Indian Act by Robert P. C. Joseph
ISBN: 0995266522
Publication Date: 2018
The essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous peoples.
The Education of Augie Merasty by Joseph Auguste (Augie) Merasty; David Carpenter (Contribution by)
Call Number: E96.5 .M47 2015
ISBN: 9780889773684
Publication Date: 2015
Offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school.
Tilly by Monique Gray Smith
Call Number: PS8613.R3894 T55
ISBN: 9781550392098
Publication Date: 2014
Loosely based on author Monique Gray Smith’s own life, this book tells the story of a young indigenous woman coming of age in the 1980s.
Indigenous Writes by Chelsea Vowel
ISBN: 9781553796848
Publication Date: 2016
An advocate for Indigenous worldviews, Chelsea Vowel discusses fundamental issues--the terminology of relationships; culture and identity; myth-busting; state violence; and land, learning, law and treaties--along with wider social beliefs about these issues.

Final Report

Canada's Residential Schools: the History, Volume 1,Part 1, Origins To 1939 by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9781522804291
Publication Date: 2015
Canada's Residential Schools : the history, Volume 1,Part 2 ; 1939 to 2000 by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9780773598201
Publication Date: 2015
Canada's residential schools. Volume 2: the Inuit and Northern experience by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9780773598218
Publication Date: 2015
Canada's Residential Schools : the Métis experience by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9780773598232
Publication Date: 2015
Canada's Residential Schools : Missing children and unmarked burials by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9780773598256
Canada's Residential Schools : The legacy by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9780773598270
Publication Date: 2015
Canada's Residential Schools : Reconciliation by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9780773598294
Publication Date: 2015

Related Library Guide

Indigenous Governance Guide

Databases

Ethnic Diversity Source This link opens in a new window
This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.
Diversity & Ethnic Studies Ebooks This link opens in a new window
This collection includes academic eBooks related to diversity, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology & age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies.
Informit Indigenous Collection This link opens in a new window
Covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies.
Points to the Past This link opens in a new window
Points to the Past is a collection of primary sources, made up of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, and much more.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.

Caninuit
Most entries in the Caninuit database reference periodical publications which deal predominently with Canadian Inuit and their communities. Some entries describe library catalogues, indexes, bibliographies, and other sources of information about Inuit periodicals