Resources for more information: Indigenous Ally Toolkit Ally Bill of Responsibilities The Canadian Encyclopedia Resources for more information: Image: Medicine bundle with sage, sweetgrass, cedar, and prayer fan, courtesy of Paulla Adamitz from Sucker Creek 1st Nation (Photo: Lauri MacKinnon, 2021) Mode LaVan Photography
Image: The shirt is a Metis Ribbon Shirt/ Metis Regalia, Cree Mukluks and hand made moose hide drum bag, courtesy of Paulla Adamitz from Sucker Creek 1st Nation (Photo: Lauri MacKinnon, 2021) Mode LaVan Photography Picture Books Chapter Books & Middle Grade Tween & Teen Further reading suggestions can be found throughout the library on bookmarks. Ask library staff for readers advisory assistance - we'd love to help! To access this online collection, login with your TRAC b...
Image: Hand made hand drums, the solid blue color one is an Inuit hand drum, courtesy of Paulla Adamitz from Sucker Creek 1st Nation (Photo: Lauri MacKinnon, 2021) Mode LaVan Photography Resources for Kids Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critica...
We acknowledge that Spruce Grove Public Library sits on Treaty 6 Territory and express gratitude and respect for the land we use with the pledge that this organization will actively work to end systemic racism, continue to participate in truth and reconciliation, and partner with our neighbouring First Nations—Paul, Michele, Alexander Cree, Alexis Nakoda Sioux, Enoch Cree—to improve Indigenous programming, services, and resources in our community.
Orange Shirt Day is a movement that officially began in 2013 but in reality it began in 1973 when six year old Phyllis Webstad entered the St. Joseph Mission Residential School, outside of Williams Lake, BC. Young Phyllis was wearing a brand new orange shirt for her first day of school but the Mission Oblates quickly stripped her of her new shirt and replaced it with the school’s institutional uniform. Today, events are designed to commemorate the residential school experience, to witness...
