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Muinji'j asks why : the story of the Mi'kmaq and the Shubenacadie Residential School / by MacEachern, Muinji'j.; MacEachern, Shanika.; Paul, Zeta.;
'The story of the Mi'kmaw people is one that very few truly know, Ladybug. Even fewer understand what happened at the residential schools. It is a hard story to tell, but you must know the truth. Sit and I will tell you the story.' When seven-year-old Muinji'j comes home from school one day, her Nana and Papa can tell right away that she's upset. Her teacher has been speaking about the residential schools. Unlike most of her fellow students, Muinji'j has always known about the residential schools. But what she doesn't understand is why the schools existed and why children would have died there. Nana and Papa take Muinji'j aside and tell her the whole story, from the beginning. They help her understand all of the decisions that were made for the Mi'kmaq, not with the Mi'kmaq, and how those decisions hurt her people. They tell her the story of her people before their traditional ways were made illegal, before they were separated and sent to reservations, before their words, their beliefs, and eventually, their children, were taken from them. A poignant, honest, and necessary book featuring brilliant artwork from Mi'kmaw artist Zeta Paul and words inspired by Muinji'j MacEachern's true story, Muinji'j Asks Why will inspire conversation, understanding, and allyship for readers of all ages.LSC
Subjects: Shubenacadie Indian Residential School; Native peoples; Native children; Native children; Micmac Indians; First Nations; Residential schools; First Nations children; First Nations children; Mi'kmaq;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A knock on the door : the essential history of residential schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada / by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.; Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.What we have learned.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.Gathers material from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports to present the essential history and legacy of residential schools and inform the journey to reconciliation that Canadians are now embarked upon.LSC
Subjects: Native peoples; Native peoples; Native peoples; Native peoples; Truth commissions;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ispík kákí péyakoyak = When we were alone / by Robertson, David,1977-; Flett, Julie.; Leask, Alderick.;
When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away. When We Were Alone is a story about a difficult time in history, and, ultimately, one of empowerment and strength. A bilingual book with text in Swampy Cree syllabics and transliteration, and English.LSC
Subjects: Grandmothers; Native peoples; Cree language materials; Indigenous peoples; Residential schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Poppa and his drum : a heartwarming story of truth and reconciliation / by Doucette, Judith M.; Reid, Rebecca(Rebecca O.);
"After moving from an all-French Indigenous community to the English community of St. George's when he was a little boy, Poppa's life as a young man was very sad. He was treated badly by his schoolteachers and some other children in the town. Years later, when his grandson wants to bring him into school to play his drum for the class, Poppa is nervous but goes anyway. He is relieved to see he is welcomed and even encouraged to share his knowledge of the traditions and customs of his Mi'kmaw culture. Thankfully, times have changed from Poppa's generation, and he is pleased to have reconciled with the bad experiences he had when he went to school. Indeed, there is strength and wisdom in Reconciliation!"--
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Picture books.; First Nations; Mi'kmaq; Grandfathers; Drum; Reconciliation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A stranger at home : a true story / by Jordan-Fenton, Christy.; Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret.; Amini-Holmes, Liz.;
Ten-year-old Margaret Pokiak, a young Inuit girl, must relearn her language and her family's way of living after she returns home from residential school.LSC
Subjects: Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret; Inuit; Inuit women;
© c2011., Annick Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The reason you walk / by Kinew, Wab,1981-author.;
Subjects: Kinew, Tobasonakwut.; Kinew, Wab, 1981-; Kinew, Wab, 1981-; Broadcasters; Ojibwa Indians; Native musicians; Native peoples;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The knowing / by Talaga, Tanya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From Tanya Talaga, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers, comes a riveting exploration of her family's story and a retelling of the history of the country we now call Canada. For generations, Indigenous People have known that their family members disappeared, many of them after being sent to residential schools, "Indian hospitals" and asylums through a coordinated system designed to destroy who the First Nations, Métis and Inuit people are. This is one of Canada's greatest open secrets, an unhealed wound that until recently lay hidden by shame and abandonment. The Knowing is the unfolding of Canadian history unlike anything we have ever read before. Award-winning and bestselling Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga retells the history of this country as only she can -- through an Indigenous lens, beginning with the life of her great-great grandmother Annie Carpenter and her family as they experienced decades of government- and Church-sanctioned enfranchisement and genocide. Deeply personal and meticulously researched, The Knowing is a seminal unravelling of the centuries-long oppression of Indigenous People that continues to reverberate in these communities today."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Talaga, Tanya; Generational trauma.; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Phyllis's orange shirt / by Webstad, Phyllis.; Nicol, Brock.;
On her first day at residential school, Phyllis Webstad was forced to take off her shiny orange shirt. The shirt was taken away and never returned.Ages 4-6.LSC
Subjects: Webstad, Phyllis; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Residential schools; First Nations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My name is Seepeetza / by Sterling, Shirley.;
Twelve-year-old Seepeetza writes a journal about her time at the Kalamak Indian Residential School, where she is known by her "white name," Martha Stone.LSC
Subjects: Diary fiction.; Indians of North America; Salish Indians; Indian girls; Residential schools; Salish; First Nations girls;
© c1992., Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Five little indians / by Good, Michelle,author.;
With compassion and insight, 'Five Little Indians' chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. Michelle Good is a writer of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in SK. She lives in Kamloops, BC.
Subjects: Psychic trauma; Friendship; Indigenous teenagers; First Nations; Residential schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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