Reading and Video Resources
Reading Resources
Books
eBooks and eAudiobooks
Overdrive/Libby
- Indigenous collections
- Indigenous children’s books
- The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
- National inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
- Residential Schools
Hoopla
Other
- American Indians in Children’s Literature Best Books: A resource for parents, caregivers and teachers.
Find more reading lists on our Students and Educators page.
Video Resources
Children's Treaty 4 Land Acknowledgement: learn more about Treaty 4 territory and the importance of land acknowledgements with this action rhyme for children's programs from storyteller Rhonda Donais.
Making bannock with the Sioux Chef: see the Sioux Chef in action making traditional oven bannock. He'll also share a few tips on how to give a boost to your baked bannock.
- Bannock-making recipe and demonstration: 0:00-6:15
- Interview with Chef Dickie Yuzicapi: 6:15-15:04
Tipi raising and sharing traditional tipi teachings: learn about the teachings and values related to the tipi poles; for caring for ourselves, and living in balance. View this video to learn about construction, placement, and traditional teachings associated with the tipi.
Knowledge Keepers: Sharing Stories from the Métis Community: an oral history project honouring Métis families of Indian Head and the Qu’Appelle Valley. We're grateful to the Indian Head Museum for allowing us access to view this film.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022: Lisa Bird-Wilson, author of Probably Ruby and The Red Files, honours survivors and commit to meaningful and lasting reconciliation in her Sept. 30 talk at Central Library.
Streaming Resources
- Kanopy Indigenous film
- NFB Campus: Get great Canadian content from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), with free streaming video of NFB films. NFB Campus provides exclusive access to hundreds of films not available to the public on the main NFB site.
- Birth of a Family: Four siblings meet for the first time after being removed from their mother and adopted into families across North America during the Sixties Scoop.
- Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation
- Residential Schools
- Indigenous and Métis Peoples Living in Non-Indigenous Communities
- Indigenous Cinema: The NFB’s online collection of Indigenous made films
- Browse Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations & Métis)