Indigenous Peoples (focusing on Canada)

This is a list of non-fiction books that are meant to educate readers on the various issues faced by the indigenous peoples of Turtle Island - but focusing on the land called Canada. Feel free to give recommendations. The list will focus on learning how the Canadian government systematically committed genocide, case studies on various topics, and decolonization. There will also be a list of academic articles to read related to these topics in the comments section.

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Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

Patty Krawec

Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing

Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing

Clayton Thomas-Muller

Students by Day: Colonialism and Resistance at the Curve Lake Indian Day School (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies Book 109)

Students by Day: Colonialism and Resistance at the Curve Lake Indian Day School (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies Book 109)

Jackson Pind

Ravens Talking: Indigenous Feminist Legal Studies

Ravens Talking: Indigenous Feminist Legal Studies

Rebecca Johnson

Wilful Neglect: The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867–1945 (Volume 67) (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society)

Wilful Neglect: The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867–1945 (Volume 67) (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society)

Jane Thomas

Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities

Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities

Duncan McCue

BebĂ­as Into ÇȘhndaa Ke: Queer Indigenous Knowledge for Land and Community

BebĂ­as Into ÇȘhndaa Ke: Queer Indigenous Knowledge for Land and Community

Sydney Rae Krill

Active Women: Indigenous Women's Social and Political Work in Kanata's West

Active Women: Indigenous Women's Social and Political Work in Kanata's West

Sarah Nickel

A Steady Brightness of Being: Truths, Wisdom, and Love from Celebrated Indigenous Voices

A Steady Brightness of Being: Truths, Wisdom, and Love from Celebrated Indigenous Voices

Sara Sinclair

Plant Teachings from My Auntie: Gathering Coast Salish Plants for Medicine, Textiles, Nourishment, and Ceremony

Plant Teachings from My Auntie: Gathering Coast Salish Plants for Medicine, Textiles, Nourishment, and Ceremony

Geraldine Manson C'tasi:a

it was never going to be okay

it was never going to be okay

jaye simpson

mitoni niya nĂȘhiyaw / Cree is Who I Truly Am: nĂȘhiyaw-iskwĂȘw mitoni niya / Me, I am Truly a Cree Woman (Algonquian Text Society) (Cree Edition)

mitoni niya nĂȘhiyaw / Cree is Who I Truly Am: nĂȘhiyaw-iskwĂȘw mitoni niya / Me, I am Truly a Cree Woman (Algonquian Text Society) (Cree Edition)

Sarah Whitecalf

nĂźtisĂąnak

nĂźtisĂąnak

Jas M. Morgan

ohpikinĂąwasowin/Growing a Child: Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Indigenous Families

ohpikinĂąwasowin/Growing a Child: Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Indigenous Families

Leona Makokis

River Woman

River Woman

Katherena Vermette

When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance

When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance

Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

This Place Is Who We Are: Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands

This Place Is Who We Are: Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands

Katherine Palmer Gordon

There’s Something In The Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities

There’s Something In The Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities

Ingrid R.G. Waldron

Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing

Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing

Jennifer Grenz

Water Policy and Governance in Canada (Global Issues in Water Policy, 17)

Water Policy and Governance in Canada (Global Issues in Water Policy, 17)

Steven Renzetti

The Knowing

The Knowing

Tanya Talaga

Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow

Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow

Aimée Craft

Indigenous in the City: Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation

Indigenous in the City: Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation

Evelyn Peters

NOT STRANGERS IN THESE PARTS Urban Aboriginal Peoples

NOT STRANGERS IN THESE PARTS Urban Aboriginal Peoples

David; Peters Newhouse

Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities (Indigenous Studies)

Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities (Indigenous Studies)

Heather A. Howard

The meeting place: Aboriginal life in Toronto

The meeting place: Aboriginal life in Toronto

Stiegelbauer

"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood

"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood

Bonita Lawrence

Shi-shi-etko

Shi-shi-etko

Nicola I. Campbell

Split Tooth

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq

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nezuu

ooh bookmarking, thank you! i have been wanting to look for more books related to non-american indigenous people, so this is fantastic :)

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sharky_97OP
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No worries!! It's a shame our education system doesn't teach us the correct history, but we can learn ourselves. We just need to listen

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nezuu

so true! also really appreciate the articles, i will definitely be diving into those soon :)

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Academic Articles:

"What Can I Do?": Teaching Indigenous Content in an Era of "Reconciliation"

What if indigenous knowledge contradicts accepted scientific findings? - the hidden agenda: respect, caring and passion towards aboriginal research in the context of applying western academic rules

Why is Traditional Ecological Knowledge Maintained? An answer to Hartel et al. (2023)

Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Environmental Governance in Canada

Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper

Toward Settler Responsibility in Conservation

Websites/Online Articles:

indigenousfoundations

White Allies, Let's Be Honest About Decolonization

Reserved! An Atlas on Indigenous Peoples Facing Nature Conservation

Canada's National Parks are Colonial Crime Scenes

Indigenous News Sources from Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries

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Alanna

I think Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Muller could be a good fit for this list. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec might also fit well.

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sharky_97OP

Thank you!! I've added both of them!! 😊😊

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Alanna

Thank you for making such an excellent list!

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ChengBogdani

Great list!! I also recommend Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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sharky_97OP

I've added it!! Thank you for recommending a book on this topic!

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snoopysbooks

Thank you for sharing!!

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