Indigenous / Xwulmuxw Studies: Residential Schools: Books & more
Selected resources to guide research related to residential and other schools and Indigenous peoples
Every Child Matters - Orange Shirt Day
On September 30th, we wear orange shirts to honour the children who survived Indian Residential School and to remember those who never made it home.
Residential Schools: Selected Book & eBook Resources
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The Elder Project"Since 2010, Wendy has worked with school districts and other agencies on The Elder Project. She works with mainly First Nations and Inuit students. She trains them as poets, then she supervises their interviews with their Elders. These interviews are then turned into poems..."
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Annotated Bibliography of Six Books Dealing with Residential School Experiencesby Krystina Nowak in YAACING, Fall 2014
Residential Schools: Books, eBooks & Video in the Library@VIU
Selected Library books, eBooks and video related to First Nations experience in residential and other schools (here...)
Residential Schools: Search Terms
Examples of subject terms to use to search for information on residential schools:
"native peoples" AND "residential schools"
indians AND "residential schools"
metis AND "residential schools"
"residential schools" AND "british columbia"
"native schools"
"off-reservation boarding schools"
"indian day schools"
Note: 'indians' abbreviates a longer formal subject term: "Indians of North America"
Residential Schools: Selected Reference Sources
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Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 1 Origins to 1939 byPublication Date: 2015
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Canada's Residential Schools: The History, 1939 to 2000 byPublication Date: 2015
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Canada's Residential Schools: The Inuit and Northern Experience byPublication Date: 2015
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Canada's Residential Schools: The Métis Experience byPublication Date: 2015
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Canada's Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials byPublication Date: 2015
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Canada's Residential Schools: The Legacy byPublication Date: 2015
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Canada's Residential Schools: Reconciliation byPublication Date: 2015
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The Survivors Speak byPublication Date: 2015
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action byPublication Date: 2015
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What We Have Learned: Principles of Truth and Reconciliation byPublication Date: 2015