Donor Resources
The following resources (books, music, podcasts, art, film, poetry, websites and events) are listed for your information, and are meant to assist in furthering your understanding of the rich culture & history of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Please note that these resources have not been endorsed by Indspire, however, they will be updated periodically.
Authors
Books
Academic Books
Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities,
Co Authored by Peter Dinsdale (Laureate 2019) and Jerry P. White
Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy and Healing
by Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew
Laureate 2016
Infested Blankets: Canada’s Constitution – Genocide of Indian Nations
by Eric William Robinson
Laureate 2010
by Phil Fontaine, Aimee Craft and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of the Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
by The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Music
Radio/ Podcasts
APTN Infocus with Melissa Ridgen
APTN Nation to Nation with Todd Lamirande
APTN Face to Face with Dennis Ward
Missing and Murdered with Connie Walker
This Land hosted by Rebecca Nagle
Art
Films / TV
1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus (eight-part docu-drama series)
by Barbara Hager
Laureate 2019
Noongom (tv show)
hosted by Gabrielle Fayant
Laureate 2015
Silent Tears
by Shirley Cheechoo
Laureate 2008
Spirit World: The Story of the Mi’Kmaqs
directed by John Joe Sark
North of 60
Tina Keeper Actor, Laureate 2004
Cry from a Diary of a Metis Child
by Richard Cardinal
Poetry
NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field
by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Laureate 2019
A History of My Brief Body
by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Laureate 2019
Injun
by Jordan Abel
Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent
by Liz Howard
Bent Box
by Lee Maracle
Other Websites and Shareable Documents
https://reconciliationcanada.ca/resources/shareable-documents/
- Indigenous (CBC News)
- National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
- Reconciliation Canada
- CBC (for kids)
- Celebrating Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Learning and Activity Guide (Government of Canada)
- KAIROS Blanket Exercise
- First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
- Indigenization Guide: Decolonization and Reconciliation
- Native Appropriations (blog)
- ImagineNative Film Festival
- APTN Lumi App
Events
- Pow Wows throughout Canada
- Indigenous Events throughout Canada
- Native Canadian Center of Toronto
- Imaginative Film Festival Toronto
- Indigenous events in Toronto
- Indigenous Events in Alberta
- Pow Wows in Quebec
- Pow Wows in Ottawa
- Pow Wows in BC
- Pow Wows in Saskatchewan
- Pow Wows in Manitoba
- Aboriginal Music Week in Manitoba
- Pow Wows in the East Coast
- Pow Wows in New Brunswick
