This book (released in Sept 2020) explores the historical impact on Indigenous people in order to create champions who will walk a path of reconciliation through Orange Shirt Day, promoting the message that Every Child Matters.
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I’m Finding My Talk
This book reflects on the destructive effects on colonialism, rediscovering community and finding culture.
The Orange Shirt Story & Phyllis’s Orange Shirt
When Phyllis Webstad turned six, she went to the residential school for the first time. On her first day at school, she wore a shiny orange shirt that her Granny had bought for her, but when she got to the school, it was taken away from her and never returned. This is the true story …
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When We Play Our Drums, They Sing
This the story of 12-year-old Dene Cho, who is angry that his people are losing their language, traditions, and ways of being. Elder Snowbird shares their history including the impact Residential schools. It is through this conversation that Dene Cho begins to find himself, and begins to realize that understanding the past can ultimately change …
When We Were Alone
When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother’s garden, she begins to notice things about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long braided hair and wear beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about …
Stolen Words
This sensitive and warmly illustrated picture book explores the intergenerational impact of the residential school system that separated young Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down, and how healing can also be shared.
Shin-Chi’s Canoe
The sequel to Shi shi etko includes Shi-shi-etko’s brother Shin-chi joining her at school.
Shi-shi-etko
Her mother, father and grandmother, each in turn, share valuable teachings that they want her to remember. And so Shi-shi-etko carefully gathers her memories for safekeeping.