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From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

by Sasakamoose, Fred

Book - 2021

Fred Sasakamoose--a trailblazer, residential school survivor, and the first Indigenous player in the NHL--made his debut with the 1954 Chicago Black Hawks...Show more Fred Sasakamoose--a trailblazer, residential school survivor, and the first Indigenous player in the NHL--made his debut with the 1954 Chicago Black Hawks; after twelve games, he returned home to the family and culture that the Canadian government had ripped away from him. His groundbreaking memoir intersects Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows his journey to reclaim pride in an identity that had previously been used against him. Show less

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Paying the Land

by Sacco, Joe

Graphic Novel - 2020

A sobering and candid graphic novel, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs of the mining boom on indigenous cul...Show more A sobering and candid graphic novel, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs of the mining boom on indigenous culture and the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to “remove the Indian from the child.” Show less

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Seven Fallen Feathers

Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in A Northern City

by Talaga, Tanya

Book - 2017

Presents the story of seven Indigenous high school students who died in Thunder Bay, Ontario from 2010 to 2011. A powerful examination and critique of pre...Show more Presents the story of seven Indigenous high school students who died in Thunder Bay, Ontario from 2010 to 2011. A powerful examination and critique of present and past Canadian policies on indigenous peoples, with each chapter telling the story of another student. Show less

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Five Little Indians

by Good, Michelle

Book - 2020

After they are finally released from a remote church-run school, and left alone and without any skills, support or families, five teens find their way to ...Show more After they are finally released from a remote church-run school, and left alone and without any skills, support or families, five teens find their way to Vancouver, where they cling together, searching for a place of safety and belonging. Over the decades they struggle to overcome the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission, come to terms with their past, and find a way forward. Show less

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The Education of Augie Merasty

A Residential School Memoir

by Merasty, Joseph Auguste

Book - 2015

Retired fisherman and trapper Augie Merasty recounts his childhood in schools that did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. Th...Show more Retired fisherman and trapper Augie Merasty recounts his childhood in schools that did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. Show less

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The Marrow Thieves

by Dimaline, Cherie

Book - 2017

Climate change has altered the Canadian landscape into a futuristic dystopia and a band of teenagers are on the run from Recruiters, who want to harvest t...Show more Climate change has altered the Canadian landscape into a futuristic dystopia and a band of teenagers are on the run from Recruiters, who want to harvest the ability to dream, which remains only to the Indigenous people. They must stay forever on alert, just a breath away from capture, in a compelling and prescient story. Show less

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The Break

by Vermette, Katherena

Book - 2016

When a Metis woman sees a possible crime she telephones the police. Told from the perspectives of various people connected to this violence in a Metis community, we hear their stories leading up to that fateful night. When a Metis woman sees a possible crime she telephones the police. Told from the perspectives of various people connected to this violence in a Metis community, we hear their stories leading up to that fateful night. Show less

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From Bear Rock Mountain

The Life and Times of A Dene Residential School Survivor

by Mountain, Antoine

Book - 2019

Antoine Mountain recalls growing up Dene in the Northwest Territories, the trauma of attending three different residential schools, becoming an activist i...Show more Antoine Mountain recalls growing up Dene in the Northwest Territories, the trauma of attending three different residential schools, becoming an activist in the Indian Brotherhood of the NWT, and his experience as a father and recovering from addiction. Show less

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Indian Horse

A Novel

by Wagamese, Richard

Book - 2012

Saul Indian Horse, having hit rock bottom in a treatment centre for alcohol addiction, wants peace. He sees the only way to find it is to tell his life st...Show more Saul Indian Horse, having hit rock bottom in a treatment centre for alcohol addiction, wants peace. He sees the only way to find it is to tell his life story as a Northern Ojibway with all its joys and sorrows. As he journeys back he comes to recognize the influence of everyday magic on his life. Show less

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Secret Path

by Downie, Gordon

Graphic Novel - 2016

Based on the ten song album by Gord Downie, this graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago. Based on the ten song album by Gord Downie, this graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago. Show less

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