Orange Shirt Day - resources to continue the journey.
CCS seeks to learn the truth and work continually towards reconciliation. Here is a list for reading and suggested movies:
Reading Lists: (via Calgary Public Library)
For children:
I Lost My Talk by Rita Joe
Speaking Our Truth Monique Gray Smith
Phyllis’s Orange Shirt by Phyllis Webstad
I am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis
The Train by Jodie Callaghan
My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley sterling
When We Were Alone by David Robertson
When I Was Eight by Christy jordan Fenton
Fatty Legs by Christie Fenton
MORE INDIGENOUS STORY BOOKS: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1262380287_calgarylibrary_indigenous/1924891769_family_storytime_books_by_indigenous_authors?_ga=2.117301504.748094048.1632856404-1673034473.1632856404
For teens:
A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan Fenton
Sugar Falls by David Robertson
Residential Schools by Larry Loyle
UNeducation by Jason EagleSpeaker
Picking Up the Pieces by Carey Newman
7 Generations by David Robertson
Goodbye Buffalo Bay by Larry Oskiniko Loyle
Books for Adults:
Movies:
We Were Children
Indian Horse
Our People Will be Healed
The Secret Path