Resource List: Indigenous History, Voices, & Ways to Act
This list is part of our growing effort to share the powerful voices of Indigenous leaders, storytellers, and organisations to support our collective relearning of the living history of this land and its people. Listen, learn, and act with us.
LEARN:
- Whose Land: Map showing treaties and agreements
- TRC Report Card
- Indigenous Watdog: TRC Updated Calls To Action
- Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Educational Package
- FirstVoices Portal (Indigenous Languages)
- Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy
- First Nation Profiles Interactive Map
- Amnesty: No More Stolen Sisters
- Safe Passage
- Spirit Bear by The Caring Society: Child-Friendly Calls To Action
READ:
→ News
→ Books
- “This Place” by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, Chelsea Vowel, Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, GMB Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott B. Henderson, Ryan Howe, Andrew Lodwick, Scott A. Ford, Donovan Yaciuk and Alicia Elliott.
- “On/Me” by Francine Cunningham
- “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” by Alice Elliott
- “Bone Black” by Carol Rose GoldenEagle
LISTEN:
→ Podcasts
- “Unrooted” Podcast by The Indigenous Foundation
- “This Place” Podcast by Kateri Akiwenzie
- The Secret Life of Canada by Leah Simone-Bowen and Falen Johnson – available wherever you get your podcasts
- “2 Crees in a Pod” by Amber Dion and Terri Suntjens– available wherever you get your podcasts.
- “Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo” with Connie Walker
- “Unreserved” with Rosanna Deerchild
- Rural Routes to Climate Solutions Episode 30 Native Plants with Kainai Ecosystem Protection Association
- “Warrior Life” with Pam Palmater
- “Warrior Kids” with Pam Palmater
→ Music
- Sebastian Gaskin
- Jayli Wolf
- The Halluci Nation
- Morgan Toney
- Laura Niquay
- Handsome Tiger
- Tia Wood
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids
WATCH:
- We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice (2016)
- Why Are Indigenous Women Missing in Canada?
- Webinar: Decolonizing Data by the Urban Indian Health Institute
- TEDx Talk by Patti Boyle Bedwell
- NWAC Action Plan
ACT:
→ Petitions
- #MMIWG:
→ Donate
- Native Women’s Association of Canada
- Community Foundations of Canada
- ISW Project
- Extensive List of Other Indigenous Charities
→ Guides
- Kairos Canada: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
- Native Women’s Association of Canada
- Lakota Law: MMIWG Resource Guide
