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NVSD Indigenous Education Resource List (October 2021)

Orange Shirt Day

Orange Shirt Day Special Collection

Novels - Authentic Voices

In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier; Cheryl Suzack (Editor)
ISBN: 9781894110433
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
ISBN: 9780676973228
Publication Date: 2000
Blood Sports by Eden Robinson
ISBN: 9780771076053
Publication Date: 2007
Grey Eyes by Frank Christopher Busch
ISBN: 9781552666777
Publication Date: 2014
The Stone Collection by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Call Number: 9781553795490
ISBN: 9781553795490
Publication Date: 2015-10-30
Will's Gardens by Lee Maracle
ISBN: 1894778022
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Ravensong by Lee Maracle
ISBN: 0889740445
Publication Date: 2002-05-08
Tilly by Monique Gray Smith
ISBN: 9781550392098
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
Skraelings by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Andrew Trabbold (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781927095546
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
ISBN: 9781553654025
Publication Date: 2012
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
ISBN: 9780771089183
Publication Date: 2014
War Dances by Sherman Alexie
ISBN: 9780802144898
Publication Date: 2010-08-03
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013697
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
ISBN: 9780888991652
Publication Date: 1998-06-11
All My Relations by Thomas King
ISBN: 9780771067068
Publication Date: 1990-05-26
The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King
ISBN: 9781443431620
Publication Date: 2014
Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King
ISBN: 9780006481966
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Medicine River by Thomas King
ISBN: 9780143054351
Publication Date: 2005-09-27
Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway
ISBN: 9780385258807
Publication Date: 1998
Birdie by Tracey Lindberg
ISBN: 9781443451352
Publication Date: 2016-02-16
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
ISBN: 9780152050160
Publication Date: 2003-05-01

Children's Litearture - Authentic voices

Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk; Alexandria Neonakis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781927095775
Publication Date: 2014-11-01
Secret of the Dance by Darlene Gait (Illustrator); Alfred Scow; Andrea Spalding
ISBN: 9781551433967
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
As Long As the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie; Constance Brissenden; Heather D. Holmlund (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780888994738
Publication Date: 2003-02-18
Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola Campbell; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780888996596
Publication Date: 2005-08-09
Shin-Chi's Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell; Kim Lafave (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780888998576
Publication Date: 2008-12-02
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson; David Shannon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419712203
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Orca Chief by Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd
ISBN: 9781550176933
Publication Date: 2015
People of the Land by Susan A. Point (Contribution by); Tewanee Joseph (Introduction by); Aaron Nelson-Moody (Artist); Glenn George (Artist)
ISBN: 9781894778770
Publication Date: 2009-12-22
A Coyote Columbus Story by Thomas King; William Kent Monkman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780888998309
Publication Date: 2007-08-28
We All Count - A Book of Cree Numbers by Julie Flett
ISBN: 9781554763986

Words and voices of allies

Secret Path by Gordon Downie; Jeff Lemire (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781501155949
Publication Date: 2016-10-18
The Comeback by John Ralston Saul
ISBN: 9780670068739
Publication Date: 2014

Non Fiction & Non Fiction Narrative - Authentic Voices

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
ISBN: 9780873518611
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
ISBN: 9780889227415
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
Children of the Broken treaty by Charlie Angus
ISBN: 9780889774018
Publication Date: 2015
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554512461
Publication Date: 2010-06-03
Peace Pipe Dreams by Darrell Dennis
ISBN: 9781771000406
Publication Date: 2014
Looks Like Daylight by Deborah Ellis; Loriene Roy (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781554981205
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
The Sasquatch at Home by Eden Robinson; Paula Simons (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780888645593
Publication Date: 2011-05-19
Bridging Cultures by Glen Aikenhead; Herman Michell
ISBN: 9780132105576
Publication Date: 2011-05-17
Indigenous Storywork by Jo-Ann Archibald
ISBN: 9780774814027
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Strength and Struggle: Perspectives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Poeples in Canada by Rachel A. Mishene and Dr. Pamela Rose Toulouse
ISBN: 9780071067034
Publication Date: 2011
One Native Life by Richard Wagamese
ISBN: 9781553653127
Publication Date: 2009-07-14
As I Remember It by Tara Lee Morin
ISBN: 9781926886152
Publication Date: 2012-07-10
Broken Circle by Theodore Fontaine
ISBN: 9781926613666
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
ISBN: 9780385664226
Publication Date: 2012
The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew
ISBN: 9780670069347
Struggle for the Land by Ward Churchill; Winona LaDuke (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780872864146
Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Anthologies, Plays, Poetry & Criticism

Our Story
ISBN: 9780385660761
Publication Date: 2004
An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English by Daniel David Moses (Editor); Terry Goldie (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195420784
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Boy in the Treehouse - Girl Who Loved Her Horses by Drew Hayden Taylor
ISBN: 9780889224414
Publication Date: 2000-09-15
The Buz'Gem Blues by Drew Hayden Taylor
ISBN: 9780889224629
Publication Date: 2002-03-15
The Berlin Blues by Drew Hayden Taylor
ISBN: 9780889225817
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Traplines by Eden Robinson
ISBN: 9780676970265
Publication Date: 1996
Introcution to Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada by Heather Macfarlane and Armand Garnet Ruffo
ISBN: 9781554811830
Publication Date: 2016
The Gift Is in the Making by Leanne Simpson; Amanda Strong (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781553793762
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont
ISBN: 9780919626768
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Before the Country by Stephanie McKenzie
ISBN: 9780802094469
Publication Date: 2007-11-25
The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway
ISBN: 9780920079447
Publication Date: 1999-04-01

Graphic Novels

Louis Riel by Chester Brown
ISBN: 9781894937894
Publication Date: 2006-08-22
Stone by David Alexander Robertson; Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781553792277
Publication Date: 2010-03-19
Sugar Falls by David Alexander Robertson; Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781553793342
Publication Date: 2012-01-20
Red by Michael Yahgulanaas
ISBN: 9781553653530
Publication Date: 2010-02-23
The Outside Circle by Patti Laboucane-Benson; Kelly Mellings (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781770899377
Publication Date: 2015-06-09

Decolonization

Towards Decolonial Future

Ways of Knowing

Scientific Knowledge in Indigenous Songs

Indigenizing the Curriculum - Sciences

Indigenizing the Curriculum - Humanities

Indigenizing the Curriculum Math

Math Catcher

Witness Blanket

FNESC- Math First Peoples

Resources for Teachers

NVSD Traditional Territory Acknowledgements

Think Before You Appropriate: A Guide for Creators and Designers

Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Truth and Reconciliation

Truth & Reconciliation - 94 Calls to Action

Residential Schools

Project of the Heart Book

Library & Archives Canada Collections

Go Forward With Courage - Aboriginal Education Team NVSD

Go Forward With Courage - Aboriginal Education Team NVSD

Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement