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Indigenous Interest

  • National Indigenous History Month
  • National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
  • Red Dress Day
  • Mini Button Blanket Workshop
  • Witness Blanket

Learning With Syeyutsus Series Entering Its Third Season

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Virtual talk with bestselling author of Our Voice of Fire

Watch the recording now!

Indigenous Voices Awards 2023 Shortlist

Kwänd??r : story (you read) Cover
Kwänd??r : story…
Adult
Buffalo is the new Buffalo : stories Cover
Buffalo is the…
Adult
Niitu and Chips Cover
Niitu and Chips
Juvenile
Enfants du lichen Cover
Enfants du lichen
Adult
Shapeshifters Cover
Shapeshifters
Adult
Where the sea kuniks the land Cover
Where the sea…
Adult
Bedtime in Nunatsiavut Cover
Bedtime in Nunatsiavut
Juvenile
Whitemud walking Cover
Whitemud walking
Adult
God isn't here today Cover
God isn't here…
Adult
Kepmite'taqney Ktapekiaqn = Le chant d'honneur = The honour song Cover
Kepmite'taqney Ktapekiaqn =…
Juvenile
Together we drum, our hearts beat as one Cover
Together we drum,…
Juvenile
Oolichan moon Cover
Oolichan moon
Juvenile
Narwhal Cover
Narwhal
Juvenile
Weird rules to follow Cover
Weird rules to…
Juvenile
Trailer park shakes Cover
Trailer park shakes
Adult
Women of the fur trade Cover
Women of the…
Adult
Half-bads in white regalia : a memoir Cover
Half-bads in white…
Adult
Making love with the land : essays Cover
Making love with…
Adult
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New Titles in the VIRL Indigenous Collection: Adult

VenCo : a novel Cover
VenCo : a…
Dimaline, Cherie, 1975- author.
Tsqelmucwílc : the Kamloops Indian Residential School--resistance and a reckoning Cover
Tsqelmucwílc : the…
Haig-Brown, Celia, 1947- author.
Namwayut : we are all one : a pathway to reconciliation Cover
Namwayut : we…
Joseph, Robert, 1939- author.
Tsqelmucwílc : the Kamloops Indian Residential School--resistance and a reckoning Cover
Tsqelmucwílc : the…
Haig-Brown, Celia, 1947- author.
Scars & stars : poems Cover
Scars & stars…
Thistle, Jesse, author.
Weaving sundown in a scarlet light : fifty poems for fifty years Cover
Weaving sundown in…
Harjo, Joy, author.
Lunar tides Cover
Lunar tides
Webb-Campbell, Shannon, 1983- author.
Bad Cree : a novel = ?cimoi;n Cover
Bad Cree :…
Johns, Jessica, author.
Kinauvit? = What's your name? : the Eskimo disc system and a daughter's search for her grandmother Cover
Kinauvit? = What's…
Dunning, Norma, author.
Our voice of fire : a memoir of a warrior rising Cover
Our voice of…
Morin, Brandi, author.
A shadow crown Cover
A shadow crown
Blair, Melissa, 1995- author.
True reconciliation : how to be a force for change Cover
True reconciliation :…
Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971- author.
Kwänd??r : story (you read) Cover
Kwänd??r : story…
Pauls, Cole, author, artist.
Indigiqueerness : A Conversation about Storytelling. Cover
Indigiqueerness : A…
Whitehead, Joshua.
Broken circle : the dark legacy of Indian residential schools Cover
Broken circle :…
Fontaine, Theodore, 1941- author.
True reconciliation : how to be a force for change Cover
True reconciliation :…
Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971- author.
Namwayut : we are all one : a pathway to reconciliation Cover
Namwayut : we…
Joseph, Robert, 1939- author.
A grandmother begins the story Cover
A grandmother begins…
Porter, Michelle, author.
Dempsey Bob : in his own voice Cover
Dempsey Bob :…
Bob, Dempsey, 1948- author.
The theory of crows : a novel Cover
The theory of…
Robertson, David, 1977- author.
Fevered star Cover
Fevered star
Roanhorse, Rebecca, author.
Bad Cree : a novel = ?cimoi;n Cover
Bad Cree :…
Johns, Jessica, author.
Our voice of fire : a memoir of a warrior rising Cover
Our voice of…
Morin, Brandi, author.
Rehearsals for living Cover
Rehearsals for living
Maynard, Robyn, author.
Talking to the story keepers : tales from the Chilcotin Plateau Cover
Talking to the…
Birchwater, Sage, author.
Don't fear the reaper Cover
Don't fear the…
Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972- author.
The theory of crows : a novel Cover
The theory of…
Robertson, David, 1977- author.
Calling for a blanket dance Cover
Calling for a…
Hokeah, Oscar, 1975- author.
Unbroken : My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls. Cover
Unbroken : My…
Sterritt, Angela.
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea. Cover
The Lost Journals…
Earling, Debra Magpie.
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New Titles: Teen

Killing the Wittigo : Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing. Cover
Killing the Wittigo…
Methot, Suzanne.
The heartbeat of Wounded Knee : life in Native America Cover
The heartbeat of…
Treuer, David, author.
Funeral songs for dying girls Cover
Funeral songs for…
Dimaline, Cherie, 1975- author.
My good man Cover
My good man
Gansworth, Eric, 1965- author, illustrator.
Ahiahia the orphan Cover
Ahiahia the orphan
Illuitok, Levi, author.
Creeboy Cover
Creeboy
Wouters, Teresa, author.
My Indian Cover
My Indian
Joe, Mi?el, 1947- author.
Man made monsters Cover
Man made monsters
Rogers, Andrea L., author.
The summer of bitter and sweet Cover
The summer of…
Ferguson, Jen, author.
Harvest House Cover
Harvest House
Smith, Cynthia Leitich, author.
Dreams. Volume 1, Visions of the crow Cover
Dreams. Volume 1,…
John-Kehewin, Wanda, 1971- author.
The everlasting road Cover
The everlasting road
Kinew, Wab, 1981- author.
Finding Izzy Cover
Finding Izzy
Doherty, Sheryl, author.
Siksikaitsitapi : stories of the Blackfoot People Cover
Siksikaitsitapi : stories…
Many Guns, Payne, author.
A snake falls to Earth Cover
A snake falls…
Little Badger, Darcie, 1987- author.
As I Enfold You in Petals Cover
As I Enfold…
Van Camp, Richard.
Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants Cover
Braiding sweetgrass for…
Kimmerer, Robin Wall, author.
Child of morning star : embers of an ancient dawn Cover
Child of morning…
Mountain, Antoine, 1949- author.
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New Titles: Children

Fancy pants Cover
Fancy pants
Quigley, Dawn, author.
Weird rules to follow Cover
Weird rules to…
Spencer, Kim, author.
With our orange hearts Cover
With our orange…
Webstad, Phyllis, author.
Smile so big Cover
Smile so big
Tenasco, Sunshine Quem, author.
Together we drum, our hearts beat as one Cover
Together we drum,…
Poll, Willie, author.
A magical sturgeon Cover
A magical sturgeon
Dandurand, Joseph A., author.
I hope Cover
I hope
Gray Smith, Monique, 1968- author.
We belong to the drum Cover
We belong to…
Lamouche, Sandra, author.
Just like grandma Cover
Just like grandma
Rogers, Kim, author.
The song that called them home Cover
The song that…
Robertson, David, 1977- author.
Walking together Cover
Walking together
Marshall, Albert (Albert D.), author.
Still this love goes on Cover
Still this love…
Sainte-Marie, Buffy, author.
Dancing with our ancestors Cover
Dancing with our…
Davidson, Sara Florence, 1973- author.
Beautiful you, beautiful me Cover
Beautiful you, beautiful…
Spillett-Sumner, Tasha, 1988- author.
No Place Like Home. Cover
No Place Like…
Bird, James.
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior Cover
Autumn Peltier, Water…
Lindstrom, Carole.
Berry song Cover
Berry song
Goade, Michaela, author, illustrator.
Oolichan moon Cover
Oolichan moon
Beynon, Samantha, author.
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First Voices Language Archive

Thousands of text entries in many diverse Aboriginal writing systems, enhanced with sounds, pictures, and videos.
Access: Available to anyone anywhere

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Indigenous People of North America

Indigenous Peoples: North America sources collections from across Canadian and American institutions, providing insight into the cultural, political and social history of Native Peoples from the seventeenth into the twentieth century.

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Kanopy

Kanopy is a video streaming platform for libraries with one of the largest and most unique collections in the world. It features more than 26,000 movies, documentaries, and indie and foreign films from hundreds of producers, including The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Kino Lorber, PBS and thousands of independent filmmakers. Browse by subjects to explore and expand your interests.

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Each library member receives ten checkouts (play credits) and two Great Courses per month. Kanopy Kids requires no play credits. VIRL also offers four PLUS Packs that do not use monthly credits: Favourites, Diversity, World Cinema, and Easy Watching
Access: Available anywhere to VIRL Resident Cardholders

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KnowBC

KnowBC is the online portal for Harbour Publishing, an independent publisher based on the Sunshine Coast that focuses on British Columbian coastal history and culture. KnowBC features the Encyclopedia of British Columbia, along with essential publications and natural history field guides for the Pacific Northwest Coast, including

  • The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names
  • Far West: The Story of British Columbia, a provincial history for younger readers
  • A Field Guide to Birds of the Pacific Northwest
  • A Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants of Canada
  • A Field Guide to Shells and Shellfish of the Pacific Northwest
  • Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds and Selected Fishes
  • Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed: Frontier Women of British Columbia
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Knowledge Network

Knowledge Network, is a Canadian publicly funded educational cable television network serving the province of British Columbia. The station supports lifelong learning for children and adults by providing quality, commercial-free programming through its broadcast channel, websites and apps. Knowledge Network also invests in documentaries and children’s programs produced by independent filmmakers with more than 40% of their programming budget supporting original stories told by BC and Canadian filmmakers. Download their app and stream their content for free!
Access: Available to anyone anywhere

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Points to the Past

Points to the Past is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, and much more. Includes historical newspaper collections from 17th & 18th centuries; archives for the Economist, Punch, the Times of London, the Times Literary Supplement, and more; collections from Associated Press, the British Library, and the Smithsonian.

For a complete list of available collections, please review the Points to the Past One-Page Flyer.

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Xwi7xwa Library

Xwi7xwa Library is a centre for academic and community Indigenous scholarship at the University of British Columbia. Its collections and services reflect Aboriginal approaches to teaching, learning, and research. Access archival material, research guides and more online at Xwi7xwa Library.
Access: Available to anyone anywhere

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