Indigenous Resources
Booklist for Kids and Teens
- 7 Generations Graphic Novels by David Robertson
- A Girl Called Echo, Vol 4: Road Allowance Era by Katherena Vermette
- A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton
- Amik Loves School: A Story of Wisdom by Katherena Vermette and Irene Kuziw
- As Long as the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie
- Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton
- Harry Okpik, Determined Musher by Maren Vsetula, Harry Okpik and Ali Hinch
- I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
- I Lost My Talk by Rita Joe and Pauline Young
- I’m Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas and Pauline Young
- Making a Whole Person by Monica Ittusardjuat
- My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
- On the Side of the Angels by Jose Amaujaq Kusugak & Hwei Lim
- Phyllis’s Orange Shirt by Phyllis Webstad, Brock Nicol, and Allison Parker
- Reflections from them days by Nellie Winters
- Residential Schools by Heather Hudak
- Righting Canada’s Wrings: Residential Schools by Melanie Florence
- Secret Path by God Downie
- Sugar Falls by David Robertson
- Stolen Words by Melanie Florence
- Speaking our Truth by Monique Gray Smith
- The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad, Brock Nicol, and Emma Bullen
- The Train by Jodie Callaghan
- This Place: 150 Years Retold
- Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow by Aimee Craft and Luke Swinson
- When We Were Alone by David Robertson and Julie Flett
Booklist for Adults
- 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
- A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools
- A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
- Betty by David Robertson
- Broken Circle by Theodore Fontaine
- Call Me Indian by Fred Saskamoose
- Disintegrate/dissociate by Arielle Twist
- Fighting for a hand to hold by Samir Shaheen-Hussain
- Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- From Bear Rock Mountain by Antoine Mountain
- Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox
- Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid
- In my Own Moccasins by Helen Knott
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
- Indigenous Wrotes by Chelsea Vowel
- Legacy by Suzanne Methot
- Mamaskatch by Darrel McLeod
- Nishga by Jordan Abel
- Red River Girl by Joanna Jolly
- Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
- The Education of Augie Merasty by Joseph Auguste Merasty
- The Narrows of Fear by Carol Rose GoldenEagle
- They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
- Truth & Reconciliation Commission Reports
- Up Ghost River by Edmund Metatawabin with Alexandra Shimo
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Support
- National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line is available 24-hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of his or her Residential school experience.
- National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: Survivors: https://nctr.ca/contact/survivors/
- Hope for Wellness Help line: 1-855-242-3310 or chat online at https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/
- CRISIS SERVICES CANADA: 1-833-456-4566 English or 1-866-APPELLE (277-3553) French
- KIDS HELP PHONE. 1-800-668-6868
- GOOD2TALK POST SECONDARY CRISIS LINE 1-866-925-5454
- LGBT YOUTH LINE LGBTQQ22SI peer support. Call 1-800-268-9688 or Text 647-694-4275