Indigenous Perspectives
Overview
When we were alone
– David Robertson & Julie Flett
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/2JTzvwC
Focus: Indigenous perspectives – Residential schools
Recommended Grade: 8
Contributor: Ayda Ghaffari
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
– Robbie Robertson & David Shannon
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/2Ug6Kht
Focus: Indigenous perspectives
Recommended Grade: 8
Contributor: Mark Diggon
Dreambirds
– David Ogden and Illustrator Jody Bergsma
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Indigo: N/A
Focus: Identity
Recommended Grade: 8
Contributor: Andre Walker
The great Kapok tree
– Lynne Cherry
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/2yPyQYd
Focus: FNMI Environmentalism
Recommended Grade: 6
Contributor: Brent Vandenheuvel
Stolen words
– Melanie Florence and Gabrielle Grimand
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/2MivZKi
Focus: Language barriers for indigenous community
Recommended Grade: 7
Contributor: David Laing
Thanks to the animals
– Allen Sockabasin
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/2TXDLO1
Focus: Seasonal movement of Passamaquoddy people
Recommended Grade: 4
Contributor: Emily Stachera
Shi-shi-etko
– Nicola I. Campbell; illustrated by Kim LaFave
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/2XJCAmo
Focus: Indigenous perspectives – Residential Schools
Recommended Grade: 5
Contributor: Iryna Babiychuk
I am not a number
– Jenny Kay Dupuis and Gillian Newland
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/3dBS8iN
Focus: Racism against Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Recommended Grade: 6
Contributor: Jaabir Patel
Gray Wolf’s search
– Bruce Swanson and Gary Peterson
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/2Y65UE1
Focus: Equality and Inclusion
Recommended Grade: 5
Contributor: Maicee Sorensen
Kookum’s red shoes
– Peter Eyvindson and Sheldon Dawson
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/3eUtgTU
Focus: Residential Schooling
Recommended Grade: 8
Contributor: Meg Krumins
Fox on the ice or Maageesees Maskwameek Kaapit
– Tomson Highway and Brian Deines
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/36ZiBED
Focus: The other of FNMI people/s
Recommended Grade: 6
Contributor: Olivia Amorim
Shin Chi’s Canoe – Part 1 of 2
– Nicola Campbell
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/3j0U6hW
Focus: Equity, FNMI
Recommended Grade: 6/7
Contributor: Ceilidh Stidwill
Shin Chi’s Canoe – Part 2 of 2
– Nicola Campbell
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Indigo: https://bit.ly/3j0U6hW
Focus: Equity, FNMI
Recommended Grade: 6/7
Contributor: Ceilidh Stidwill