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Exploring the Impact of Residential Schooling

These books provide opportunity for learning, conversation and grieving regarding the history and impact of Residential Schools in the United States and Canada.

Bellingham Public Library

31 items

  • For children, recommended for ages 8 - 12
    Book, 2003Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 2003, c2002. — 971.2 LOYIE 2002
  • For children, recommended for ages 10 - 14
    Book, 2020Toronto : Puffin Canada, 2020. — J ROBERTSO 2020
  • For children, recommended for ages 10+
    Book, 2024New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024. — J DUNCAN 2024
  • Call Me Indian

    From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

    Sasakamoose, Fred, 1933-
    For adults
    Book, 2021Toronto : Viking Canada, 2021.
  • For children, recommended for ages 4 - 10
    Picture Book, 2017Flagstaff, Arizona : Salina Bookshelf, Inc., [2017] — Vandever, Daniel W.
  • For children, recommended for ages 9 - 14
    Book, 2010Toronto : Annick Press, c2010. — J B POKIAK.F JORDAN.F 2010
  • For adults
    Book, 2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Harper Perennial, 2020. — Good, Michelle
  • For children, recommended for ages 7 - 11
    Picture Book, 2016Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2016] — E DUPUIS
  • For children, recommended for ages 5 - 11
    Book, 2019Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing, [2019]. — 811 JOE 2019
  • For adults
    Book, 2018Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2018. — WAGAMESE 2018
  • For adults
    DVD, 2019Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2019]. — INDIAN
  • A Knock on the Door

    the Essential History of Residential Schools

    Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,
    For adults
    Book, 2016Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press : National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, [2016]. — 971.0049 TRUTH.AN 2016
  • For children, recommended for ages 10 - 15
    eBook, 1997Toronto [Ont.] : Douglas & McIntyre, 1997 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010)
  • No Time to Say Goodbye

    Children's Stories of Kuper Island Residential School

    Olsen, Sylvia, 1955-
    For children, recommended for ages 9 and up
    Book, 2001Victoria, B.C. : Sono Nis Press ; Custer, WA : Distributed in the U.S. by Orca Book Publishers, 2001. — Olsen, Sylvia
  • For children, recommended for ages 7 - 11
    Book, 2014Toronto ; New York ; Vancouver : Annick Press, [2014]. — POKIAK-FE MARGARET Jordan-Fe
  • For children, recommended for ages 5 and up
    Picture Book, 2018[Victoria, B.C.] : Medicine Wheel Education, [2018] — Webstad, Phyllis
  • For children, recommended for ages 7 - 12
    Picture Book, 2005Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed in the US by Publishers Group West, c2005. — Campbell, Nicola I.
  • For children, recommended for ages 7 - 11
    Picture Book, 2008Toronto : Groundwood Books, [2008] — Campbell, Nicola I.
  • For children, recommended for ages 9 and up
    Book, 2017Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2017. — 971 GRAY SMIT 2017
  • For children, recommended for ages 4 and up
    Picture Book, 2017Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Second Story Press, [2017] — E FLORENCE