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TW: readers may be triggered by the recount of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24h National Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419.

Little Butterfly Girl is an Indian Residential School story. It is also available in Anishinaabemowin and French.

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Featuring - The Day I Became Number 54.
Author and artist Lorrie Gallant from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Cayuga Nation, Turtle Clan, retells the story of Dawn V. Hill’s experiences in residential school in the book, The Day I Became Number 54. Using plasticine, Lorrie brings relief images to life in the pictures that accompany the text.

Life was happy and carefree for Dawn and her family. Then, when she and her siblings went to residential school everything changed. Dawn was separated from her siblings, the staff put numbers on everything, and everyone had to line up. Survival was key.
This compelling story was written to let everyone know the truth about residential schools.

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New Release - Original People, Original Television : The Launching of the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network. 25th Anniversary Edition. Author Jennifer David is a member of Chapleau Cree First Nation.

An engaging, insightful first-hand account of the development and launch of the world’s first Indigenous television network, APTN.

Original People, Original Television is the behind-the-scenes account of a little known revolution in Canadian broadcasting—a journey begun in 1922 with Nanook of the North, wending its way across generations and the width and breadth of the traditional territories of the Inuit, First Nations and Métis; culminating in the 1999 launch of the world’s inaugural Indigenous led broadcast, the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network. Index, Bibliography, Glossary.

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GoodMinds.com will be attending an upcoming event to commemorate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, headlined by the internationally celebrated Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq performing with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Jennifer Tung.

Please visit our table, where we will be featuring Tanya's recent new book "It Bears Repeating".
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The performance takes place on October 01, 2024 | 8:00 PM Venue: Koerner Hall (Toronto). Indigenous artists will gather to reflect, pay respect, and to give hope to survivors of residential schools. For tickets: https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/commemorate-truth-reconciliation-with-tanya-tagaq

🥇📖Winners of the 2024-2025 First Nation Communities READ Awards will be announced during First Nation Public Library Week. Please join us for a live event on Thursday, October 3rd at 11 am EST. Connection details are on the FNPLW website: https://fncr.ca/

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Find Now from GoodMinds.com 👉 From Tanya Talaga, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers, comes a riveting exploration of her family’s story and a retelling of the history of the country we now call Canada For generations, Indigenous People have known that their family members disappeared, ma...

New Release - We Live Here : Poems for an Ojibwe Calendar Year (2024).
Lois Beardslee is multiple a award-winning Lacondon/Ojibwe author, teacher, artist, illustrator and former cherry farmer.

Anishinaabe author Lois Beardslee shares how a life is lived within two cultures, revealing a worldview shaped by language and customs and expressed through verse both playful and somber. This collection of poems is a lattice of traditional wisdom, wordplay, and cunning modernity that forms a distinctive creative voice. Experiences of duality overlay an Anishinaabe annual cycle, emphasizing the practical nature of traditions and their dependence upon the landscape in which they develop over time.

Poems like "Waatebagaagiizis" and "Gidanimibiisaa na" reveal the fortitude that maintains traditions against the encroaching backdrop of modernity. Others such as "Namegosag" and "Minowichige" playfully connect a moment's experience to the everyday practices that have endured, many through the author's own eyes, and others through kin spanning generations and cultures. These poems not only evoke a sense of spirit that transcends boundaries but they also bear traditional knowledge, notions of the seasons, and conceptions of how the spirit is shaped by nature.
This book contains 13 color illus.

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Looking for resources to help learn about treaties? Check out the Ezhi-nawending: How We Are Related Teacher’s Guide available for purchase at: https://goodminds.com/products/ezhi-nawending-how-we-are-related-teachers-resource-guide

This resource complements the online elementary treaty education resources found at: https://www.anishinabek.ca/education-resources/treaty-education-home/?fbclid=IwAR2fRV9SctniJH4MKaWGCDtzK6sJSH0JWZw29UpIVN6UpAGyjQHnckMTokM

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Now Available - True Reconciliation : How to Be a Force for Change (Paperback version) (2024). Jody Wilson-Raybould is a descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-Kwil-Tach peoples, which are part of the Kwakwaka’wakw, also known as the Kwak’wala-speaking peoples. She is a member of the We Wai Kai Nation. Her traditional name, Puglaas, means “woman born to noble people.”

The nationally bestselling groundbreaking and accessible roadmap to advancing true reconciliation in Canada—and beyond—from one of the most important voices of our time. To read more please visit our online catalogue: https://goodminds.com/collections/jody-wilson-raybould-collection-1

New Release - Re-Storying Education : Decolonizing Your Practice Using a Critical Lens (2024). Carolyn Roberts is St'át'imc and Stó:lō from N’Quat’qua and Tzeachten Nations, and a member of the Squamish Nation. She is a faculty member in the teacher education department at the University of British Columbia.

Re-Storying Education is a process of dismantling old narratives taught in education and rebuilding new narratives that include all the voices that have created this place known as Canada today. This vital and timely book outlines how colonialism has shaped both the country and the public school system. Re-Storying Education uses an Indigenous lens, offering ways to put Indigenous education, history, and pedagogy into practice. It invites readers into an open dialogue in the pursuit of a more inclusive and just educational landscape.

Drawing from her own experiences as an Indigenous student, educator, and administrator, in public and band-operated school systems, Indigenous academic Carolyn Roberts offers a deep understanding of how to support educators with Indigenous education and to create a nurturing and inclusive environment for all students. Re-Storying Education brings wider perspectives, connections to the land and the people of this land, and a deeper understanding of how relationships to these can change the educational experience for all students.

Re-Storying Education contains valuable lesson and assessment ideas, fostering the development of a critical lens in education. Roberts offers questions for self-reflection, suggestions for professional action, recommended resources for further learning, personal stories and anecdotes, insights from her own decolonizing teaching practices, and playlists that reflect the spirit of the work and that uplift Indigenous voices.

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New Release - Between the Pipes (Graphic Novel) (2024).
Written by Albert McLeod, a Status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Metis communities of Cross Lake and Norway House in northern Manitoba. Contributions by Elaine Mordoch and Sonya Ballantyne, a Swampy Cree writer, filmmaker, and speaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Illustrated by Alice RL, a non-binary, Ojibwe artist. Lettering by Kielamel Sibal, a Filipino Canadian letterer, graphic designer, cartoonist, writer, and illustrator.

In this engrossing graphic novel, teen hockey player Chase learns more about himself and his identity in the face of prejudice and homophobia.

Real strength and change can’t come from a place of shame. Chase’s dreams are troubled by visions of a bear spirit, and the more he tries to hide, the more everything falls apart. With the help of an Elder, and a Two-Spirit mentor, can Chase find the strength to be proud of who he is? Full colour throughout. Audience: Ages 12-18.

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