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Indigenous Resources: Home

We acknowledge with respect the Coast Salish Peoples on whose traditional lands and waterways we live, learn and play.

We are grateful for the opportunity to share in this beautiful region, and we aspire

to healthy and respectful relationships with those who have lived on and cared for these lands for millennia.

 

NEW Additional resources added September 2023

Canadian Geographic Google Earth - Residential schools

Indigenous Sports Heroes Digital Book

APTN - The story behind the national day of truth and reconciliation

Namwayut: we are all one (video)

Extraordinary lives - Art Thompson

Indigenous History Month - June

 

**NEW Resources**

Why Totem Poles were never meant to be in museums - CBC News: A sacred totem pole that has been in Victoria, B.C. museum for over a century has been returned to its owners, the Nuxalk Nation. CBC’s Wawmeesh Hamilton takes us through its repatriation back home to Bella Coola, B.C. and he tells us what this homecoming means for the community. Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.6751205

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Welcome to our Indigenous Resource home page

September 30th National Truth and Reconciliation Day and Orange Shirt Day

 

 

Trigger Warning: Residential Schools

If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out and contact the following resources: 

  • National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 
  • 24-hour KUU-US Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717 
  • Indian Residential School Survivors Society: 604-985-4464 or 1-800-721-0066 

 

 

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