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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Books about residential school experiences in Canada and their impact on survivors, their families, and communities. Most of these books are by Indigenous creators, including people with lived experience of residential schools. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day are observed on September 30.

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33 items

  • Oblivious

    Residential Schools, Segregated Hospitals, and the Use of Indigenous Peoples as Slaves of Race Science

    Dewar, Elaine
    Book, 2026Windsor, ON : Biblioasis, [2026] — 971.200497 Dew
  • Book, 2022Calgary, Alberta, Canada : Durville & UpRoute Books, 2022. — 371.82997 Mou
  • Broken Circle

    the Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools : a Memoir

    Fontaine, Theodore, 1941-
    Book, 2022Victoria, British Columbia : Heritage House Publishing, [2022] — 371.82997 Fon
  • Namwayut

    We Are All One : a Pathway to Reconciliation

    Joseph, Robert, 1939-
    Book, 2022Vancouver : Page Two, [2022] — 303.4 Jos
  • Spíləx̣m

    a Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence

    Campbell, Nicola I.
    Book, 2021Winnipeg, Manitoba : HighWater Press, [2021] — 818 Cam
  • Truth Telling

    Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada

    Good, Michelle
    Book, 2023Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2023] — 305.897071 Goo
  • Book, 2022New Westminster, British Columbia : Tidewater Press, 2022. — FIC Kakw
  • Becoming Kin

    An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

    Krawec, Patty
    Book, 2022Minneapolis, MN : Broadleaf Books, [2022] — 305.897071 Kra
  • From Bear Rock Mountain

    the Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor

    Mountain, Antoine, 1949-,
    Book, 2019[Victoria, BC] : Brindle & Glass, [2019] — 371.82997 Mou
  • A Knock on the Door

    the Essential History of Residential Schools From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada : Edited & Abridged

    Book, 2016Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press : National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba, [2016] — 371.82997 Tru
  • The Sleeping Giant Awakens

    Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation

    MacDonald, David Bruce,
    Book, 2019Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2019 — 371.82997 McD
  • Picking Up the Pieces

    Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket

    Newman, Carey, 1975-
    Book, 2019Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, [2019] — 371.82997 New
  • A National Crime

    the Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986

    Milloy, John Sheridan
    Book, 2017Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2017] — 371.829 Mil
  • Book, 2020Toronto, Ontario : Harper Perennial, [2020] — FIC Good
  • Book, 2019Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, [2019] — 323.1197 Man
  • Rez Dog Blues & the Haiku

    a Savage Life in Bits and Pieces : a Novel

    Lindsay, William George
    Book, 2021[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2021] — FIC Lind