Indigenous

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

Ask library staff for readers advisory assistance - we'd love to help! 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 To access this online collection, login with your TRAC barcode number and Pin # Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection

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 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 critical perspective highli...

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Red Dress Day (or MMIWG2S+) honours the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada. Métis artist Jaime Black helped inspire the red dress movement, where red dresses are hung from windows and trees to represent the pain and loss felt by loved ones and survivors. History Originally starting as the REDdress art installation, Red Dress Day became a grassroots movement across North America. The project was made up of 600 community-donated red dresses, which wer...