Photo source: Stephen Bicknell, courtesy of the University of Maine, Department of Anthropology

Over the past months, over 9000 graves containing the remains of indigenous children have been found at former residential school sites across Canada with many more schools to be searched. These children were taken from their families and became victims of the residential school system. As we march the path of reconciliation, the public and government are being called to action. We have compiled some resources and support below for members and the public.

A National Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former Residential School students. You can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling 24-Hour National Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419

Resources

Orientation

• Call to Action: A Resource Guide to Support Environmental Organizations in Decolonization Work, Abigail Christ-Rowling, Community Forests International
• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation website
• National Indigenous History Month, Government of Canada
• Native-land.ca to explore indigenous territories, treaties, and languages, Native Land Digital
• Lnu Place Names in New Brunswick, Indigenous - Mi'gmaq, Wolastoqiyik, and Peskotomuhkati - names for waterways, campsites, villages, portages, and other landmarks in New Brunswick, Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc.

• Decolonizing Book Club lead by Mi’kmaw educator Chris George, Sierra Club
• Every Child Matters: Reconciliation Through Education, Canada's History
• Indigenous Ally Toolkit, Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK
• Learning Experience: Understanding our Treaties, Gordon Foundation
• On Canada Project: Settlers Take Action, On Canada Project
• Territory Acknowledgment, Native Land Digital
• Through an Indigenous Lens: A Shift From Placemaking to Placekeeping, Evergreen
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
• Video, Sen. Murray Sinclair: How can Canadians work toward reconciliation, CBC News
• Wolastoqey Ally Toolkit, Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick

• 21 Things You May Not Have Known About The Indian Act, Indigenous Corporate Training
• A Statistical Portrait of Canada's Diverse LGBTQ2+ Communities, Statistics Canada
• "All My Relations" a podcast hosted by Matika Wilbur
• Beyond Conservation: A Toolkit for Respectful Collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, IPCA Knowledge Basket
• Book: Whose Land is it Anyway?, edited by Peter McFarlane and Nicole Schabus
• Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation, Eva Jewell and Ian Mosby, Yellowhead Institute
• Decolonization Learning Journey Youtube Playlist, Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia
• Indigenous Cinema, National Film Board of Canada
• Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation Educational Playlist, NBF
• The IPCA Knowledge Basket
• Peace and Friendship - Whose Land
• Racism, seen from the inside/Le racisme, vu de l'intérieur, Espaces autochtones
• RAIR (Relational Accountability for Indigenous Rematriation) Podcast
• Residential Schools Podcast, Historica Canada, hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais
• Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
• Stolen Lives: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and the Residential School System, FacingHistory.org
• Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq Grandmothers – Land/Water Defenders Sharing and Learning Circle: Generating Knowledge for Action, Dr. Sherry Pictou in collaboration with Dr. Janet Conway, and Ph.D. Candidate Angela Day
• "You Don't Look Native" and other prejudices / "Tu n'as pas l'air autochtone" et autres préjegés,  Amnistie Internationale

• Metepenagiag First Nation hosts march to honour 215 children found dead in Kamloops, CBC News
• It's a salvage exercise for us now,' Wolastoqi historian says: Andrea Bear Nicholas uses oral accounts and archive documents in new telling of Wolastoqey history, CBC News
• Statement from Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc.: An Open Letter to the People of New Brunswick on Indian Residential Schools and Day Schools
• Amid more shocking residential schools discoveries, non-Indigenous people must take action, Conversation Canada
• Sussex ceremony honours the stolen Indigenous children who never came home [updated], NB Media Co-op

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