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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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60 items

  • 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
  • Book, 2010Toronto : Annick Press, c2010. — j970.419 Jor
  • Magic Weapons

    Aboriginal Writers Remaking Community After Residential School

    McKegney, Sam, 1976-
    Book, 2007Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2007. — 810.9897 McK
  • Book, 2019[Victoria, BC] : Medicine Wheel Education Inc., [2019] — j970.3 Shu
  • Broken Circle

    the Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools : a Memoir

    Fontaine, Theodore, 1941-
    Book, 2010Victoria, B.C. : Heritage House, c2010. — 371.82997 Fon
  • Unsettling the Settler Within

    Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada

    Regan, Paulette, 1949-
    Book, 2010Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010. — 371.829 Reg
  • 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
  • They Called Me Number One

    Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School

    Sellars, Bev, 1955-
    Book, 2013Vancouver : Talonbooks, 2013. — 371.829 Sel
  • Truth and Indignation

    Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Residential Schools

    Niezen, Ronald
    Book, 2013Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013. — 371.82997 Nie
  • 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
  • Victims of Benevolence

    the Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School

    Furniss, Elizabeth, 1959-
    Book, 1995Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, c1995. — 371.829 Fur