Indigenous Resources

Indigenous Circle Role Expectations and Code of Ethics

You can use the following information as a guide to Indigenous history in Canada throughout the years!  

• • Conestoga’s Indigenous Resource Guide from the Library & Learning Services

• • Paths to Reconciliation 
  • Native Land Map 
  • 21 Things You May Not Have Known About the Indian Act

• • Raven Trust 
  • What Matters in Indigenous Education  
  • Indigenous Education Fact Sheet 
  • On Canada Project

• • Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action

• • Senator Murray Sinclair: The truth is hard. Reconciliation is harder

• • Stealing Children to Steal the Land: Naomi Klein speaks to the legendary Manuel family about the uncovering of a mass grave of 215 Indigenous children

• • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• • Tamara Starblanket, Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State

• • Glen Coulthard, Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition

• • MMIWG Calls For Justice

• • Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization

• • How to be an ally to Indigenous Peoples at University of Waterloo

• • Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada Reports

• Shauneen Pete, 100 Ways: Indigenizing & Decolonizing Academic Programs

Are you an Indigenous student needing additional supports? Or a community member looking to get more involved? Check out this list of community resources to get involved with.   

• Native Women’s Resource Centre 
• Indian Residential School Survivors Society

• Water First 
• Canadian Mental Health Association — Indigenous Children and Youth 
• Programs and Funding for Indigenous People 
• Indigenous Organizations 
• Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres

Looking for a way to do more than just educate? Consider supporting an Indigenous Owned Business! This list provides you with businesses both in Ontario and the rest of Canada — but don’t worry, most still have express shipping!

Ontario  

• Luke Swinson Art

• Raven Rising: Chocolate 
• Beam Paints: Paints and Art Supplies
• Giizhigat Maple Products: Maple Products, Jewelry, Crafts 
• Red Sky Candles: Candles, Crafts 
• Evan Ducharme: Clothing 
• Cheekbone Beauty: Makeup 
• Indigenous Tourism Ontario
• Little Wolf and Willow 

Canada 

• Birch Bark Coffee Company: Coffee 
• Hinaani Designs: Clothing, Decor 
• Raven Reads: Book Subscription Box

• Sisters Sage: Health and Beauty 
• Warren Steven Scott: Jewelry 
• Sḵwálwen Botanicals: Health and Beauty

Deepen your relationship and understanding of Indigenous peoples with this curated selection of content. From fiction to documentaries, you’ll be able to absorb different stories and histories from these communities. 

Books 

• Richard Wagamese — Indian Horse

• Isabelle Knockwood — Out of the Depths

• Robert Kakakaway — Thou Shalt Not Be An Indian

• Thomas King — The Inconvenient Indian

• Melanie Florence — Stolen Words

• Tanya Talaga — Seven Fallen Feathers

• Michelle Good — Five Little Indians

• Bev Sellars — They Called Me Number One

• Ruby Slipperjack — Dear Canada: These Are My Words

• Theodore Fontaine — Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools

Films & Documentaries 

• Muffins for Granny 
• Unseen Tears  
• Nahanni — River of forgiveness 
• Jordan River Anderson — The Messenger 
• Michelle St. John — Colonization Road

• The Nature of Things — Trapped in a Human Zoo 
• Stories from the Land 
• National Film Board: Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation 
• We Were Children 
• Indian Horse