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Fatty Legs: A True Story
Jordan-Fenton, Christy
(Author)
Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret
(Author)
Amini-Holmes, Liz
(Illustrator)
Annick Press 2010. 106 pages
Book type:
Novel
Keywords:
Abuse,
acceptance,
courage,
curiosity,
illustrations (photographs),
Indigenous peoples,
Inuit,
learning to read,
loneliness,
memoir,
perseverance,
residential schools,
resilience
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Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
Smith, Monique Gray
(Author)
Orca 2017. 160 pages
Book type:
Non-Fiction
Keywords:
Abuse,
assimilation,
Canadian history,
colonialism,
families,
human rights,
illustrations (photographs),
Indigenous peoples,
maps,
multimodal,
politics,
residential schools,
social justice,
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Nathan
Ouriou, Susan
(Author)
Red Deer Press 2016. 152 pages
Book type:
Novel
Keywords:
Acceptance,
Alzheimer’s disease,
bullying,
Canadian history,
courage,
empathy,
family life,
Indigenous peoples,
intergenerational relationships,
perspectives,
residential schools,
sadness
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When We Were Alone
Robertson, David A.
(Author)
Flett, Julie
(Illustrator)
Portage & Main Press 2016. 28 pages
Book type:
Picture Book
Keywords:
Canadian history,
community,
Cree,
education,
Indigenous peoples,
intergenerational relationships,
multiple narrators,
oral history,
questions,
recurrent patterns,
residential schools,
storytelling
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ESL Intensive & Enriched
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Jeremy Stone
Choyce, Lesley
(Author)
Red Deer Press 2013. 184 pages
Book type:
Novel
Keywords:
Bullying,
depressions (psychological),
family life,
first-person narration,
free verse,
healing,
identity,
Indigenous peoples,
mental health,
novels in verse,
residential schools
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Indian Horse
Wagamese, Richard
(Author)
Douglas & McIntyre 2012. 224 pages
Book type:
Novel
Keywords:
1960s,
discrimination,
family life,
first-person narration,
grief,
healing,
hockey,
Indigenous peoples,
loss,
Ojibwa,
residential schools,
self-determination
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Residential Schools
Florence, Melanie
(Author)
Lorimer 2016. 128 pages
Book type:
Non-Fiction
Keywords:
Assimilation,
Canadian history,
child labour,
children,
cultures,
discrimination,
family life,
healing,
illustrations (photographs),
Indigenous peoples,
primary documents,
residential schools,
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Shin-chi’s Canoe
Campbell, Nicola I.
(Author)
LaFave, Kim
(Illustrator)
Groundwood Books 2008. 40 pages
Book type:
Picture Book
Keywords:
Canadian history,
families,
First Nations history,
homesick,
Inuit,
residential schools,
separation
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Shi-shi-etko
Campbell, Nicola I.
(Author)
LaFave, Kim
(Illustrator)
Groundwood Books 2005. 32 pages
Book type:
Picture Book
Keywords:
Canadian history,
First Nations history,
intergenerational relationships,
Inuit,
poetic language,
residential schools
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Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids
Ellis, Deborah
(Author)
Groundwood Books 2013. 256 pages
Book type:
Anthology
Keywords:
Cultural heritage,
discrimination,
identity,
Indigenous peoples,
interviews,
LGBTQ,
Native Americans,
oral history,
residential schools,
social activism,
social justice,
Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
youth
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Secret Path
Downie, Gord
(Author)
Lemire, Jeff
(Illustrator)
Simon & Schuster 2016. 88 pages
Book type:
Graphic Text
Keywords:
Abuse,
Canadian history,
Chanie Wenjack,
diversity,
economic disparity,
illustrations (monochrome),
Indigenous peoples,
mythology,
reconciliation,
residential schools,
social justice,
songs,
tragedy
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I Am Not a Number
Dupuis, Jenny Kay
(Author)
Kacer, Kathy
(Author)
Newland, Gillian
(Illustrator)
Second Story Press 2016. 32 pages
Book type:
Picture Book
Keywords:
Abuse,
Canadian history,
courage,
First Nations history,
identity,
prejudice,
residential schools,
social justice
Cycle
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When I Was Eight
Jordan-Fenton, Christy
(Author)
Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret
(Author)
Grimard, Gabrielle
(Illustrator)
Annick Press 2013. 32 pages
Book type:
Picture Book
Keywords:
Abuse,
children’s rights,
courage,
determination,
Inuit,
learning to read,
residential schools
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