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Aboriginal Studies

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May 2011

This study guide will be useful in finding information about Aboriginal people in Canada – their lives, history and culture.

Search Terms

Reference and Reserve Books at a Glance

Resources

Search Terms
  • Arctic People
  • First Nations
  • First Peoples
  • Indians of North America
  • Inuit
  • Métis
  • Names of specific tribes (i.e. Tsuu T’ina Nation)
  • Native peoples

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Reference and Reserve Books at a Glance
  • Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary (REF PM988 .L43 1998)
  • Handbook of North American Indians Part 1 & Part 2 (REF E77 .H264 2001)
  • The Illustrated History of Canada (REF FC164 .I44 2002)
  • The Métis People of Canada (REF FC109 .A526 1978)
  • Timelines of World History (REF D11 .T34 2006)

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Resources

Books

  • A Poison Stronger Than Love: The Destruction of an Ojibwa Community (E99 .C6 S53 1985)
  • Behind Closed Doors: Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential School (E96.6 K34 B44 2006)
  • Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement (E92.M44 1993)
  • Dances with Dependency: Out of Poverty Through Self-reliance (E91 .H45 2008)
  • Ekosi: a Métisse Retrospective of Poetry and Prose (PS8601 .T65 S72 1993)
  • Empowering the Learner 2: Native Literacy Workbook (E96.65 O5 E472 2005)
  • From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools (E96.5 .C38 2008)
  • Our Words, Our Ways: Teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learners (E96.65 .A3 A333 2005)
  • Tales from Moccasin Avenue: An Anthology of Native Stories (PS8235 .N3 T35 2006)
  • The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada (FC300 .L43 2004)
  • The Song Within my Heart (PS8552 .O836 S66 2002)
  • When the Spirits Dance (E99 .C88 L393 2006)

Journals and E-Journals

Access e-journals using your BVC Library ID and PIN at http://ezproxy.acbv.talonline.ca.

Multimedia Resources

  • A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption (HV875.7 .C2 P56 2007) [DVD]
  • Beating the Street (HV1441 .C3 B43 1998) [DVD]
  • Legends of the Shuswap (E99 .S45 R46 2006 c.1) [CD]
  • Modern Indigenous Culture (DU124.S64 M63 2008) [DVD]
  • Stolen Children (E96.5 .S755 2008) [DVD]
  • Rainmakers: Rena McLeod in Canada (E78 .C2 R46 1997) [DVD]
  • The Crowfoot Dynasty (E99 .S54 C745 2007 c.1) [DVD]
  • Our Nationhood (E99 .M6 O97 2003) [DVD]
  • Totem: The Return of the G`psgolox Pole (E98 .T65 T67 2003) [DVD]

Organizations, Associations and Community Resources

Web Resources

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LLC Call Number

  • E11-143 History of the Americas

BVC Databases

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