In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada's worst residential schools. St. Anne's, in northern Ontario, is an institution now notorious for the range of punishments that staff...
Indigenous activists
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Author:Metatawabin, Edmund, Shimo-Barry, Alex, Boyden, JosephSummary: -
Author:Robertson, Leslie A., the Kwagu'l Gix̱sa̱m ClanSummary:Standing Up with G̲a’ax̱sta’las tells the remarkable story of Jane Constance Cook (1870-1951), a controversial Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw leader and activist who lived during a period of enormous colonial upheaval. Working collaboratively,...
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Author:Wilson, JanetSummary:This is the true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979, when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. It is...
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Author:Hayes, Adrian, Bartleman, JamesSummary:Francis Pegahmagabow was a remarkable aboriginal leader who served his nation in time of war and his people in time of peacefighting. In wartime he volunteered to be a warrior. In peacetime he had no option. His life reveals how...
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Author:Estes, NickSummary:In Our History Is the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance that led to the #NoDAPL movement. Our History Is the Future is at once a work of history, a manifesto, and an intergenerational story of resistance.
- Author:Ballantyne, SonyaSummary:
The inspiring true story of how Indigenous activist Michael Redhead Champagne found his voice to create change in his community. Michael might be young, but he's got a big heart and a strong sense of right and wrong. He knows it's right...
- Author:Gilio-Whitaker, DinaSummary:
The story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community's rich history of activismThrough the unique lens of "...
