INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Below are resources to help you educate yourself on the relationship Canada has with our Indigenous Peoples. From links to workshop designs, we're here to help you start the discussion on race and racialized populations in your congregation and/or community.
Stronger Together
A Reconciliation Journey
General Resource Lists
First Nations owned bookstore focusing on First Nations, Inuit and Métis books.
Oneida Language and Cultural Centre
Centre focused on language resources and preservation.
Grand Expressions Self-Guided Tour
Self-guided tour of water themed creations of the Six Nations youth.
National Inquiry into the Missing and Murder Indigenous Women and Girls.
The final report of the inquiry into missing and murder indigenous women and girls.
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, 2020
Written by the ESRJAC and CRJ on the occasion of National Indigenous Peoples Day 2020
Statement from ESRJAC and CRJ on Indigenous Peoples Day.
Resources Prepared by the Circle for Restorative Justice
Compiled by members of the CRJ on the occasion of National Indigenous Peoples Day 2020
Including sermons, land acknowledgements and more!
Podcasts & Videos
OUR JOURNEY TO THE GRAND RIVER
Lunch and Learn Video
Presentation by Taylor Gibson of Six Nations Polytechnic
RESERVE 107: RECONCILIATION ON THE PRAIRIES
Video
FROM THE FILM SYNOPSIS: Indigenous rights and title to the land remains a taboo topic for many across Canada, but in the small town of Laird, Saskatchewan, an old injustice is providing new opportunities for dialogue, friendship and a fierce determination to right the wrongs of the past.
Podcast
Presented by CBC. A podcast about the history you know and the stories you don't.
Books & Articles
Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling and Reconciliation in Canada
Book
Paulette Regan (2010)
Canada at a Crossroads: Boundaries, Bridges and Laissez-Faire Racism in Indigenous-Settler Relations
Book
Jeffrey Denis (2020)
And Grandma Said: Iroquois Teachings as Passed Down Through the Oral Tradition
Book
Tom Sakokwenionkwas Porter, Bear Clan - Mohawk Nation (2008)
The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Book
Susan Hill, Wolf Clan - Mohawk Nation (2017)
The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783
Book
David Preston (2009)