Residential School Reading List

Books on Residential Schools

Indian Horse - Richard Wagamese
One Story, One Song - Richard Wagamese
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City - Tanya Talaga
Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens - Ruby Slipperjack
In Search of April Raintree: Critical Edition - Beatrice Culleton
The Break - Katherena Vermette
The Marrow Thieves - Cherie Dimaline
Five Little Indians - Michelle Good
The Red Files - Lisa Bird-Wilson
The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir - Joseph Auguste Merasty
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School - Bev Sellars
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga - David Alexander Robertson
Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story - David Alexander Robertson
Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History - Edmund Metatawabin

Phyllis's Orange Shirt - Phyllis Webstad
Orange Shirt Day - Phyllis Webstad
Shi-shi-etko - Nicola I. Campbell
Shin-chi's Canoe - Nicola I. Campbell
The Train - Jodie Callaghan
Fatty Legs: A True Story - Christy Jordan-Fenton
When I Was Eight - Christy Jordan-Fenton
A Stranger at Home - Christy Jordan-Fenton
Not My Girl - Christy Jordan-Fenton
My Name is Seepeetza - Shirley Sterling
I Am Not a Number - Jenny Kay Dupuis
When We Were Alone - David Alexander Robertson
Stolen Words - Melanie Florence
We Feel Good Out Here / Zhik gwaa'an nakhwatthąįįtat gwiinzìi (The Land Is Our Storybook) - Julie-Ann André
Lucy & Lola / When We Play Our Drums, They Sing! - Richard Van Camp
Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story - David Alexander Robertson
As Long as the Rivers Flow - Larry Loyie
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation - Monique Gray Smith
I Lost My Talk - Rita Joe
I'm Finding My Talk - Rebecca Thomas
Amik Loves School: A Story of Wisdom (The Seven Teachings Stories) - Katherena Vermette

Not Wolf, Nor Dog: An Ojibway Elder's Tales of Residential School, Wartime Service, First Nations Politics and Some Experience with the Great Spirit - Wilmer F. Nadjiwon
A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System - John S. Milloy
A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada - National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation with foreword by Phil Fontaine and afterword by Aimée Craft
Indian School Road - Chris Benjamin
Genocidal Love: A Life After Residential School - Bevann Fox
Red Wolf - Jennifer Dance
Out Of The Depths: The Exper in iences Of Mi'kmaw Children At The Indian Residential School At Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia - Isabelle Knockwood
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age - Darrel J. McLeod
94 Calls to Action - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada - https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
Murder by Decree: The Crime of Genocide in Canada: A Counter Report to the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" - Kevin Daniel Annett
I Can Make This Promise - Christine Day

Please click here for a list of Indigenous-owned bookstores in the USA and Canada:: https://blog.libro.fm/indigenous-owned-bookstores/

Barely Bruised Books

Ottawa, Ontario

Goodminds

Brantford, Ontario

Iron Dog Books

Vancouver, BC

Librairie Hannenorak

Wendake, Québec

Massy Books

Vancouver, BC

Theytus Books Publishing House

Syilx territory on the Penticton Indian Reserve, BC

Raven Reads - shipping from Vancouver, BC