Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden

The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Him Standing by Richard Wagamese

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

 

Indigenous Peoples of the World

• State of the World's Indigenous People 2015

(PDF UN document)

• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)

• First Peoples Worldwide

• Cultural Survival.org Resources

• Native Planet.org (Africa/Asia/Latin America)

 

Canada FMNI

• First Nations Information Project

• Assembly of First Nations

• Aboriginals, Treaties & Relations (Canada in the Making)

• First Peoples of Canada (Canadian Museum of History)

• Aboriginal Heritage (Library and Archives Canada)

• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

• First Nation Profiles Interactive Map

• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

 

 

Residential Schools

• 100 Years of Loss

• They Came for the Children

• Aboriginal Healing Foundation

• We Were So Far Away: The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools

• Where Are he Children?

• Remembering the Children (The United Church of Canada: includes UC apology and response)

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

 

Government of Canada

• Statement of Apology, 2008

 

National Aboriginal Organizations

• Assembly of First Nations

• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

• Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

• Inuvialuit Regional Corp

• Makivik Building Nunavik: Residential Schools

• Métis National Council

• National Association of Friendship Centres

• Native Women’s Association of Canada

• Pauktuutit: Inuit Women of Canada

 

Statistics and Maps

• Aboriginal Peoples circa 1630, 1740 and 1823

  First Nation Profiles Interactive Map

• The World Factbook

• Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: First Nations People, Métis and Inuit (Stats Can)

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ENG2D The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 

• Fallsapart Sherman Alexie homepage

• Stories About Native Americans (NPR - USA)

• 13 Issues Facing Native People Beyond Mascots And Casinos (Huffington Post)

• Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Resources for Native Americans (US gov.)

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Primary Source Set (DPLA)

• American Indian Boarding Schools Primary Source Set (DPLA)

• "On the Reservation and Off, Schools See a Changing Tide" (NY Times, 2008)

• CBC News: Indigenous (CBC online news)

• Ending the Era of Harmful "Indian" Mascots (National Congress of American Indians)

• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

• First Nations and Inuit Health: Mental Health and Wellness  (Health Canada)

• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse: First Nations, Inuit and Métis

• Addictive Behaviours Among Aboriginal People in Canada (Aboriginal Healing Foundation)

• For First Nations Facing Suicide Crisis, the Solution is Rooted in the Community (CBC News)

• Aboriginal youth suicide rises in Northern Ontario (CMAJ)

• Northern Games

• Pop culture critic responds to recent Toronto Star piece on indigenous imagery in sports

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• A reference — especially in a logo — needn’t be racism