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• A Knock on the Door

  The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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  A Knock on the Door provides direct accounts from survivors of the system along with history and documentation collected through the Commission’s work and an impactful overview of the Indian Residential School System.

• Healing Histories

  Stories From Canada's Indian Hospitals

  Meijer Drees, Laurie, 1965-

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  Healing Hospitals shares the truth behind the segregated hospital system which included the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital, still standing in Edmonton’s Inglewood neighbourhood. Many people are becoming aware of the impacts of residential…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Education of Augie Merasty

  A Residential School Memoir

  Merasty, Joseph Auguste • Carpenter, David

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  The story of one-time Edmonton resident Augie as he struggles to share his residential school experience and understand how it shaped his present day existence. In reading this memoir, you’ll feel like you’re sitting at Augie’s kitchen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  A young adult novel set in the future where Indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow. Although this is fiction, it provides readers with a glimpse into what the world might come to because of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legacy

  Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing

  Methot, Suzanne

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  Legacy weaves together traditional knowledge systems, academic research, and the author’s personal story of growing up in Northern Alberta. Most importantly, Legacy gives us all hope that reconciliation, in every sense of the word, is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell

  Bear Chief, Arthur

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  The memoir of Arthur Bear Chief who attended residential school in Southern Alberta, this raw first-hand account tells the truth of the student experience and the lasting effects of this approach to education.

• A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

  Elliott, Alicia

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  A Mind Spread Out on the Ground offers the first hand experiences of a young Indigenous woman wading through intergenerational trauma and systemic racism in Canada. Through her writing, the author navigates complex topics through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In My Own Moccasins

  a Memoir of Resilience

  Knott, Helen, 1987-

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  A challenging read about the author's own experiences on a path of healing by reconnecting with culture and community, this memoir provides readers with a deeper understanding of the intergenerational and present day legacy of residential…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters

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  Keetsahnak is a collection of 16 essays written by and about Indigenous women. The perspectives share heartbreaking insight into the roots of gender-based violence and the systems of oppression that allow the MMIWG epidemic to continue.

• The Survivors Speak

  a Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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  The Survivors Speak presents direct testimony from the nearly 7000 survivors of the Indian Residential School System collected through the work of the TRC. The words of the survivors provide a direct glimpse into the their experiences and…Read moreRead more of this annotation