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 Online Resources
  •  Beyond 94: An Interactive Website on the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

  • Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services
  • CBC: Residential School Survivors Share Their Experiences

  • Ontario Native Women’s Association: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

  • MNO Oshawa and Durham Region Métis Council

  • Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation

  • Ontario Tech University Indigenous Services

  • Trent University First Peoples House of Learning

  • Durham College First Peoples Indigenous Centre

  • Native-land.ca – an interactive map

  • Carea Community Health Care Indigenous Initiatives

  • TRACKS Youth Program

  • The Canadian Encyclopedia: The Indian Act

  • Indigenous Corporate Training website

  • CBC Indigenous

  • First Nation Caring Society: Indigenous Youth Welfare & Activism

  • Anishinabek.ca – An Overview of the Indian Residential School System

  • The Canadian Encyclopedia: The History of Residential Schools in Canada

  • List of Residential Schools in Canada

  • Reconciliation Thunder #94in94 Campaign

  • Settlers Take Action – The On Canada Project: How to Make This Moment of Mourning a Movement for Change

  • The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Reports

  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 94 Calls to Action

 Special Recognition Days

The DCDSB acknowledges and/or promotes the following special recognition days or events related to Indigenous Education in the 2021-2022 school year.

  • Orange Shirt Day - September 30

  • Treaties Recognition Week - November 1-5

  • International Inuit Day - November 7

  • National Indigenous Veterans Day - November 8

  • Rock your Mocs Week - November 14 -20 

  • Louis Riel Day - November 16

  • Moose Hide Campaign Day - February 11

  • Louis Riel Day - February 21

  • National Indigenous Languages Day - March 31

  • National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) - May 5

  • Indigenous Peoples History Month - The month of June

  • National Indigenous Peoples Day - June 21
  • Nunavut Day - July 9

Further Learning

 

 Facts about Durham Region
  •  There are over 12,000 Indigenous peoples currently living within Durham Region as of the 2016 census, which is an increase by 3000 people since 2011.

  • There is archeological proof of Indigenous peoples living here for over 14,000 years and oral history states that Indigenous peoples have called this land home since time immemorial.

  • Link to a CTV News article about a historical tool found recently in Edmonton.

  • Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway language) is the traditional language of this territory. There are 5 dialects of Ojibway, including the Mississauga dialect.

  • Mississauga peoples are part of the larger Anishinaabek nation. 

 Book Suggestion List for Primary and Elementary Students
  •  Stolen Words - Melanie Florence

  • When We Were Alone - David A. Robertson

  • Fatty Legs: A True Story - Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

  • Birdsong – Julie Flett

  • Shi-shi-etko – Nicola Campbell

  • I am not a Number – Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer

  • You Hold Me Up – Monique Gray-Smith

  • Raven Brings the Light – Robert Budd and Roy Henry Vickers

  • My Heart Fills With Happiness – Monique Gray-Smith

  • Spirit Bear and Children Make History – Dr. Cindy Blackstock

  • Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dream - Dr. Cindy Blackstock

  • Spirit Bear: Echoes of the Past - Dr. Cindy Blackstock

  • Spirit Bear: Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams - Dr. Cindy Blackstock

  • Nibi’s Water Song – (in French too) Sunshine Tenasco

  • Nibi is Water – (in French and Anishinaabemowin too) Joanne Robertson

  • Not my Girl – Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiek-Fenton

  • A Promise is a Promise – Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak

  • Way Back Then – Neil Christopher

  • Bowwow Powwow – (In French as well) – Brenda J. Child

  • Wild Eggs – Susie Napayok

  • What’s My Superpower? – (in French as well) – Aviaq Johnston

Book Suggestion List for Secondary Students and Adults
  •  Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools: A Memoir - Theodore Fontaine 

  • They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School - Bev Sellars 

  • Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues in Canada - Chelsea Vowel 

  • Genocidal Love: A Life After Residential School - Bevann Fox

  • The Reason You Walk - Wab Kinew

  • The Education of Augie Merasty - Joseph Auguste Merasty 

  • A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools - Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  • Final Report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada - Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  • Five Little Indians - Michelle Good

  • Dear Canada: These Are My Words - Ruby Slipperjack

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