A Very Incomplete List of Resources

RESOURCES for LEARNING about FIRST PEOPLES OF TURTLE ISLAND:

ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS:    http://www.afn.ca/index.php/en

TRUTH & RECONCILIATION OF CANADA:    http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=3

THE INDIAN ACT:    http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-5/

ROYAL COMMISSION ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES:    http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1307458586498/1307458751962

ANISHINABEK NATION – UNION OF ONTARIO INDIEANS:  http://www.anishinabek.ca/

and check out the ANISHINABEK NEWS link from that website.

NISHNAWBE ASKI NATION:  http://www.nan.on.ca/

CHIEFS OF ONTARIO:  http://www.chiefs-of-ontario.org/

ASSOCIATION OF IROQUOIS AND ALLIED INDIANS:   http://www.aiai.on.ca/

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CANADA’S FIRST NATIONS: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, by Olive Patricia Dickason.

A NATIONAL CRIME: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, by John S. Milloy.

DISTANT RELATIONS: How My Ancestors Colonized North America, by Victoria Freeman.

SEEING RED: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers, by Mark Anderson & Carmen Robertson.

I think the above-listed books are probably available in the P’boro Public Library, plus many more, including a number of books by Drew Hayden Taylor – all a good read.

Also, you may find this of interest as “local history”:  http://www2.brandonu.ca/library/cjns/16.2/mcnab.pdf

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This will get you started, though it is only the tip of the iceberg of what’s out there to inform and educate you as you search out Canadian history from the First Peoples point of view.

Also, I would suggest talking to your children.  Some teachers are beginning to try to include some of this kind of history.  And talk to your children’s teachers: are they aware of First Peoples history, both past and current?  And ask at your local School Board:  do they have First Peoples history in their curriculum?   And to study the Ojibwe language, free of charge, phone Niijkiwendidaa Anishinabekwewog Services Circle (NASC) at 705-741-0900 for more information.

[Submitted by Jean Koning 705-743-2270, Peterborough, ON  - January 2, 2013.]