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Ahousaht Residential School Records
Aki-wayn-zih : A Person as Worthy as the Earth
Alberni Residential School
Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
Considering the Legal and Human Rights Framework for Addressing Mass Graves Connected to Indian Residential Schools
Coqualeetza Institute
Critical Action Research: How One School Community Lives Out The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Regina, 2021.
Crosby Girls’ Home (Lax Kw’alaams, B.C.)
"The Darkest Tapestry": Indian Residential School Memorialization at the Keeping Place Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
De-Colonial Intersections of Conservation and Healing: The Indian Residential School System
Detailed Provincial Results: Albertans React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential School
Results from survey conducted with 463 Albertan adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Detailed Results: Canadians React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential Schools
Results of a survey conducted with 3,00 Canadian adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Did You See Us?: Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School
Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitamaat Village, B.C.)
A Fall From Grace: Thomas Johnson and the Shawnee Indian Manual Labor School, 1839-1862
Hey Monias!
A Historiography of Recent Publications on Catholic Native Residential Schools
I Want To Tell You A Story
In Memory of White Wolf's Child
Relates the history of a residential school where between 1884 and 1889 fifty-two children died, one of whom was only six months old.
Indian Agents and the Residential School System in Canada, 1946-1970
Indian Residential Schools: Perspectives of Blackfoot Confederacy People
Education Research Thesis (PhD) -- University of Calgary, 2021
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
A "Lack of Homelike Surroundings": Resident Health, Home, and Recreational Infrastructure at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, 1952–1962
Let Justice Flow Like a Mighty River: Brief by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Text and Workshop Models
Listening to History Podcasting and the Intertextual Stories of Silence: A Canadian Perspective
An analysis of the Historica Canada’s podcast series Residential Schools as a platform for marginalized groups and as an educational tools for others.
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non-Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples
The Native American Lens: Native American Identity Visualized by Native American Directors
On the Side of the Angels: A Memoir by Jose Amaujaq Kusugak: Teaching Guide
Designed for use with students in Grades 7 to 9.
Reconciliation Pole
Records Relating Generally to Residential Schools
Reflections from Them Days: A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut As Told by Nellie Winters, Transcribed and Edited by Erica Obendorfer: Teaching Guide
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Remains of Children of Kamloops Residential School Discovered
Residential Schools and the Kamloops Tragedy
Reports results of series of questions asked of 1,539 respondents regarding residential schools.
Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation: Selected Resources
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Seepeetza Revisited: An Introduction to Six Voices
The Seventh Fire: First Peoples and the Anglican Church
Shingwauk Narratives: Sharing Residential School History
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Special Edition by Children and Youth: Our Hopes and Dreams for Making Shannen's Dream Come True
Special issue that looks at the poor living conditions at a school on the Attawapiskat First Nation. Includes letters written by Omushkegowuk Cree children.
St. Michael's Indian Residential School, 1894-1926: A Study Within a Broader Historical and Ideological Framework
Standing Strong Task Force Report & Recommendations: Acknowledging the Past, Learning form the Present, Looking to the Future
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Therapies of Freedom: The Colonization of Aboriginal Childhood
"They Never Told Us They Wanted to Help Us": An Oral History of Saint Joseph's Indian Industrial School
[Unreconciled: Family, Truth, Indigenous Resistance]
Victims of Benevolence: The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School
"We still need the game. As Indigenous people, it's in our blood." A Conversation on Hockey, Residential School, and Decolonization.
Where Are the Children Buried?
General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.