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Indigenization

Reading Lists -Young adult

This document was curated by Matthew Michaud at Capilano University. Feel free to email him regarding inquiries and assistance concerning Indigenizing your curriculum.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, 2007

Three Feathers by Richard Van Camp, 2015

No Time to Say Goodbye: Children's Stories of Kuper Island Residential School by Sylvia Olsen, 2001

Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson, 2015

Son of A Trickster by Eden Robinson, 2017

Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, 2010

Slash by Jeannette Armstrong, 2007

Legends and Teachings of Xeel's, the Creator by Ellen White, 2006

Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David Alexander Robertson, 2011

The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel by Patti LaBoucane-Benson, 2015

These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens by Ruby Slipperjack, 2016

Capilano University is named after Chief Joe Capilano (1854–1910), an important leader of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples. We respectfully acknowledge that our campuses are located on the unceded territories of the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), shíshálh (Sechelt), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəỷəm (Musqueam) Nations.