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Truth & Reconciliation Collection

Unsettling the Settler Within by Paulette Regan; Taiaiake Alfred (Foreword by)
Call Number: 970.5 DIV CUL RES SCH Reg Un
ISBN: 9780774817783
Publication Date: 2011-01-25
A call to action, this powerful book offers all Canadians a new way to approach the important and difficult task of reconciliation and healing the wounds left by the residential school system.
Out of the Depths, 4th Edition by Isabelle Knockwood
Call Number: 970.5 DIV CUL RES SCH
ISBN: 9781552667293
Publication Date: 2015-04-02
Isabelle Knockwood attended the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School for eleven years. In this newly updated 4th edition, she offers the firsthand experiences of twenty-seven survivors and their reaction to the apology by the Canadian Government in 2008.
Indian School Road by Chris Benjamin
Call Number: 970.5 DIV CUL RES SCH
ISBN: 9781771082136
Publication Date: 2014
In this book award winning author Chris Benjamin explores the controversial and tragic history of Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. He carefully integrates archival research, interviews, and testimonies from students, principals, and teachers over the school's forty years of operation.
I'm Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas; Pauline Young (Illustrator)
Call Number: 813 LOCAL & DV CUL Tho Im
ISBN: 9781771088114
Publication Date: 2019-11-13
Award-winning spoken artist and Mi'kmaw activist Rebecca Thomas creates a wonderful companion picture book to Rita Joe's famous poem, "I Lost My Talk, I'm Finding My Way".
This Place by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm; Sonny Assu; Brandon Mitchell; Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; David A. Robertson; Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair; Jen Storm (Illustrator); Richard Van Camp; Katherena Vermette; Chelsea Vowel; Tara Audibert (Illustrator); Kyle Charles (Illustrator); G. M. B. Chomichuk (Illustrator); Natasha Donovan (Illustrator); Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator); Andrew Lodwick (Illustrator); Scott A. Ford (Illustrator); Donovan Yaciuk (Illustrator); Alicia Elliott (Foreword by); Ryan Howe (Illustrator)
Call Number: 813.0 NOVEL SETS Aki Th
ISBN: 9781553797586
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
This award winning graphic novel is an essential book for students and teachers to learn, reflect, and create change. The CRC holds 8 copies so that this resource can be used in classrooms in literary circles or novel studies.There is also a Teacher's Guide that can be used to develop lessons and guide conversations.
This Place 150 Years Retold Teacher Guide
Call Number: 813.0 NOVEL SETS TEACHER GUIDE Aki Th
ISBN: 9781553798811
This guide includes activities that are collaborative and designed to infuse Indigenous pedagogical practices throughout. This practical guides includes lessons for graces 9-12 but are adaptable to younger students.
Truth and Conviction by L. Jane McMillan
Call Number: 970.5 DIV CUL RES SCH Mcm Tr
ISBN: 9780774837491
Publication Date: 2021-10-21
STFX Anthropology chair Jane McMillan, Marshall's former partner, tells how Marshall's life-long battle against injustice changed Canadians' views on legal injustices and revitalized Indigenous law.
Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools by Pamela Rose Toulouse
Call Number: 970.5 DV CUL RES SCH Tou Tr
ISBN: 9781553797456
Publication Date: 2018-01-25
This powerful book offers background information and practical suggestions for addressing residential schools, Indigenous cultures, and reconciliation in the P-12 classroom. Ready to use lessons makes this text a very practical resource for every teacher.
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Call Number: 813.0 NOVEL SETS Wag In
ISBN: 9781553654025
Publication Date: 2019
* includes DVD, Study Guide, Access to OnlineLearning Modules
Selected as part of the Canada Reads 2013 Book Selections, this novel is a heartbreaking story that takes the reader into the hardships of a boy growing up in a residential school. The CRC holds 18 copies, a study guide, and access to learning modules to assist teachers in incorporating this text as part of their classroom planning.
Muinji'j Asks Why by Shanika MacEachern; Breighlynn MacEachern; Zeta Paul (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.1 DV CUL MIK Mac Mu
ISBN: 9781774710470
Publication Date: 2022-01-04
An honest book with brilliant artwork inspired by Muinji'j MacEachern's true story. This will help young learners understand history and open the path for conversation and reflection.

TRC Online Resources

VIDEOS

Mi'kmaw Collection

Piktol Learns to Fish
Kalolin Loves Nitap Day
Antle Goes to a Powwow
Mi'kmaw Guided Reading Sets
813.0 Book Sets
Each set includes 4 books and 4 puppets to engage young learners in listening and reading.

Aliet Gathers Medicine

Treaty Ed Sprig Collection of Youtube Videos
This is a great online re.source to use alongside the books and puppets

Mi'kmaw Puppet and Book Set
813.0 Book Sets
Includes 4 Books, 4 Puppets, 4 Finger Puppets:
Antle Goes to a Powwow
Piktol Learns to Fish
Kalolin Loves Nitap Day
Aliet Gathers Medicine

L' Nu'k: the People by Theresa Meuse
Call Number: 970.1 DV CUL MIK Meu Th
ISBN: 9781771084529
Publication Date: 2016-12-19
This valuable educational resource is suitable for all ages. Meuse offers practical knowledge and guidance on traditional practices such as birchbark canoe building and smudging ceremonies. A must have Mi'kmaw resource for every classroom.
Mi'Kmaq of the East Coast by Robert M. Leavitt
Call Number: 970.1 DV CUL MIK Lea Mi
ISBN: 1550414690
Publication Date: 2000-02-15
A thorough and practical classroom guide to Mi'kmaw culture, traditions, and history.
Language of This Land Mi'kma'ki by Trudy Sable (Artist); Roger Lewis; Bernie Francis (Volume Editor)
Call Number: 970.1 DIV CUL MIK
ISBN: 9781897009499
Publication Date: 2012-03-01
This book focuses on the way the Mi'kmaw language has shaped their history, relationship with the land, and the lineage that Elders pass along. very local Nova Scotia perspective, suitable for high school and university aged students.
For The Children by Rita Joe
Call Number: 970.1 DIV CUL MIK
ISBN: 9781895415988
Publication Date: 2008
A collection of Mi'kmaw elder and Order of Canada recipient Rita Joe's poems for children. These inspiring poems are accompanied by images of Cape Breton artist Burland Murphy's woodcuts.

Mi'kmaw Online Resources

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Index to >1.2 million journal articles and other education-related materials. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Site covering a variety of topics of interest to teachers, such as: Continuing Education, Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development.
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Comprehensive index (approx. 3 million citations) to the psychology literature and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.
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Comprehensive index of articles from journals worldwide in sociology and related disciplines (e.g. social anthropology, demography, community development, social psychology).
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