compiled by Andrea Menard
Movies, Television Series & Documentaries, Podcasts & Blogs, Videos, Poetry, Books & Memoirs, Graphic Novels, and highlighted Academic material
(* denotes directed/authored by Indigenous peoples)
Movies:
*Monkey Beach (2020), Loretta Todd based on *2000 book by Eden Robinson
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8967870/
The Grizzlies (2018), Miranda de Pencier
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6365796/
Indian Horse (2017), Stephen Campanelli based on *2012 book by Richard Wagamese
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5672286/
*Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2014), Jeff Barnaby
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385195/
*The Lesser Blessed (2012), Anita Doron based on *1996 book by Richard Van Camp
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2056740/
*Four Sheets to the Wind (2007), Sterlin Harjo
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893331/
*Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), Zacharias Kunuk,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanarjuat:_The_Fast_Runner
*Smoke Signals (1998), Chris Eyre and based on a short story by Sherman Alexie, "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" from his *1993 book The Lone Ranger and Tonto
Fistfight in Heaven (1993).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120321/
Dance Me Outside (1994), Bruce McDonald based on the 1977 book by W. P. Kinsella
*Once Were Warriors (1994, New Zealand), Lee Tamahori based on *1990 book by Alan Duff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Were_Warriors_(film)
*Bedevil (1993, Australian), Tracey Moffatt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106373/
Powwow Highway (1989), Jonathan Wacks
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098112/
Television Series:
First Contact (2018 & 2019), 2 seasons
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8974856/#:~:text
The 8th Fire (2012), CBC 4 part documentary series hosted by Wab Kinew.
8th Fire episode 1. Indigenous in the City (43:24) 43:25
8th Fire episode 2. It's time 43:29
8th Fire episode 3. Whose land is it anyway? 43:13
8th Fire episode 4. At the Crossroads 43:19
Documentaries:
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2019), Tasha Hubbard
https://www.nfb.ca/film/nipawistamasowin-we-will-stand-up/
*Reel Injun (2009), Neil Diamond
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1484114/
*Finding Dawn (2006), Christine Welsh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-0Z-UoQ3VY
*Two Worlds Colliding (2004),Tasha Hubbard
https://www.nfb.ca/film/two_worlds_colliding/
*Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993), Alanis Obomsawin
*Bastion Point Day 507/Incident at Restigouche (1980/1984), Directors Merata Mita and Alanis Obomsawin
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2699760 / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_at_Restigouche#:~
Podcasts:
The Trauma Informed Lawyer with Myrna McCallum (Canadian Bar Association) https://www.cba.org/Truth-and-Reconciliation/Events/The-Trauma-Informed-Lawyer Indigenous Intergenerational Trauma: What You Need To Know about Advocating, Adjudicating and Policing in Indigenous Communities | The Trauma-Informed Lawyer hosted by Myrna McCallum (simplecast.com)
The Secret Life of Canada (CBC, various episodes re: Indigenous topics) https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-secret-life-of-canada/id1434339568
Blogs:
ReconciliAction YEG
https://ualbertalaw.typepad.com/faculty/2019/11/reconciliaction-yeg-term-recap-and-where-were -headed-next.html
Native Counselling Services of Alberta videos:
*Homefire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmstyXc6FnI
*The Bang You Feel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRoc4AvWpL0&t=1336s
Voices of Amiskwacy (Collection of films)
https://voicesofamiskwaciy.ca/creator/bearpaw-media-productions
Poetry:
*Eskimo Pie, Poetics of Inuit Identity (2020), Dunning, Norma
https://inuit.uqam.ca/iu/documents/eskimo-pie-poetics-inuit-identity
*Post colonial Love Poem (2020), Natalie Diaz
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44094069-postcolonial-love-poem
*Learning to Count (2020) Emily Riddle, 2020 CBC Poetry prize shortlist
Inconvenient Skin / nayêhtâwan wasakay (2019) , Shane Koyczan with art by Kent Monkman and Joseph Sanchez
https://www.amazon.ca/Inconvenient-nayêhtâwan-wasakay-Shane-Koyczan/dp/1926886518
*This Wound is a World (2017), Billy-Ray Belcourt
https://www.frontenachouse.com/product/this-wound-is-a-world/
*Talking to the Diaspora (2015), Lee Maracle
https://www.amazon.ca/Talking-Diaspora-Lee-Maracle/dp/1894037650
Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs (2013), Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18267582-islands-of-decolonial-love
*A Really Good Brown Girl (1996), Marilyn Dumont
https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-really-good-brown-girl/id1091440310
Books:
Fiction
*The Nighwatchman (2020), Louise Erdrich
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43721059-the-night-watchman
*The Journey Forward, a Novella on Reconciliation (2018), Richard Van Camp and Monique Gray Smith
https://kinderbooks.ca/products/the-journey-forward-a-novella-on-reconciliation
*There, There (2018), Tommy Orange
https://www.amazon.com/There-Tommy-Orange/dp/0525436146
*Annie Muktuk and Other Stories (2017), Norma Dunning
https://www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/886-9781772122978-annie-muktuk-and-other-stories
*The Marrow Thieves (2017), Cherie Dimaline
https://www.amazon.ca/Marrow-Thieves-Cherie-Dimaline/dp/1770864865
*The Break (2016), Katherena Vermette
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29220494-the-break
*Birdie (2015), Tracey Lindberg
https://www.amazon.ca/Birdie-Tracey-Lindberg/dp/1554682940
The Back of the Turtle (2014), Thomas King
https://www.amazon.ca/Back-Turtle-Thomas-King/dp/1443431621
*In Search of April Raintree (1983), Beatrice Culleton Mosionier
https://www.amazon.ca/Search-Raintree-Beatrice-Culleton-Mosionier/dp/1894110439
More Authors: Lee Maracle, Jeanette Armstrong, Tomson Highway, Bob Joseph, Drew Hayden Taylor, Waubgeshig Rice, Jordan Wheeler, Rosanna Deerchild, Wayne Aurthurson
*Memoirs:
The Shoe Boy (2020), Duncan McCue
https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-shoe-boy-1.4007254
From The Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless, and Finding My Way (2019), JesseThistle
https://www.cbc.ca/books/jesse-thistle-1.5433753
Clifford: A Memoir, A Fiction, A Fantasy, A Thought Experiment (2018), Harold R. Johnson
https://www.amazon.ca/Clifford-Fiction-Fantasy-Thought-Experiment/dp/1487004109
Mamaskatch (2018), Darrel J. McLeod
https://www.amazon.ca/Mamaskatch-Coming-Darrel-J-McLeod/dp/1771622008
Heart Berries (2018), Terese Marie Mailhot
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35840657-heart-berries
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (2017), Sherman Alexie
https://www.amazon.ca/You-Dont-Have-Say-Love/dp/031627075X
The Right to be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet (2015), Sheila Watt-Cloutier
https://www.amazon.ca/Right-Be-Cold-Protecting-Culture/dp/0670067105
The Reason You Walk (2015), Wab Kinew
https://www.amazon.ca/Reason-You-Walk-emoir/dp/0670069345
One Native Life (2008), Richard Waganese
https://www.amazon.ca/One-Native-Life-Richard-Wagamese/dp/1553653122
Indian School Days (1988), Basil H. Johnston
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1027888.Indian_School_Days
My Tribe the Crees (1979), Joseph F. Dion
https://www.amazon.ca/My-tribe-Crees-Joseph-Dion/dp/0919224067
Half Breed (1973), Maria Campbell
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.4952400/maria-camp bell-s-halfbreed-to-be-re-released-with-author-s-account-of-rape-by-mountie-1.4952406
Non-fiction:
*From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada (2019), Jody Wilson-Raybould
https://www.amazon.ca/Where-Stand-Rebuilding-Indigenous-Stronger/dp/0774880538
*The North-West Is Our Mother:The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Metis Nation (2019), Jean Teillet IPC (BFA, LL.B, LL.M)
https://www.amazon.ca/Jean-Teillet/e/B07YDSS7D3?ref=dbsamngrwtscnsshare
*Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada (2019), Harold R. Johnson
https://www.amazon.ca/Peace-Good-Order-Indigenous-Justice/dp/0771048726
*Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing (2019), Suzanne Methot
https://www.amazon.ca/Legacy-Trauma-Story-Indigenous-Healing/dp/1770414258
*A Mind Spread Out on the Ground (2019), Alicia Elliott
https://www.amazon.ca/Mind-Spread-Out-Ground/dp/0385692382
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act (2018), Bob Joseph
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/21-things-you-may-not/9780995266520-item.html#:
*Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City (2017), Tanya Talaga
https://www.amazon.ca/Seven-Fallen-Feathers-Racism-Northern/dp/1487002262
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy (2017), Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson https://www.amazon.ca/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AArthur+Manuel&s=relevancerank&text=Art hur+Manuel&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
*My conversations with Canadians (2017), Lee Maracle
https://www.amazon.ca/My-Conversations-Canadians-Lee-Maracle/dp/1771663588
*Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues in Canada (2016), Chelsea Vowel
https://www.amazon.ca/Indigenous-Writes-Nations-issues-Canada/dp/1553796802#:~
*A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder (2016), Ma-Nee Chacaby
https://www.amazon.ca/Two-Spirit-Journey-Autobiography-Lesbian-Ojibwa-Cree/dp/088755812 7
*Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (2015)
https://www.amazon.ca/Braiding-Sweetgrass-Indigenous-Scientific-Knowledge/dp/157131356, Robin Wall Kimmerer7
Stolen Sisters: The Story of Two Missing Girls, Their Families, and How Canada Has Failed Indigenous Women (2015), Emmanuelle Walter
https://www.amazon.ca/Stolen-Sisters-Missing-Families-Indigenous/dp/1443445169
*Dying to Please You: Indigenous Suicide in Contemporary Canada (2014), Roland Chrisjohn
https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/dying-to-please-you-indigenous-suicide-in-contemporary-c anada/
*The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North Americ (2012), Thomas King
https://www.amazon.ca/Inconvenient-Indian-Curious-Account-America/dp/0385664214
*Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers (2011), Carmen L. Robertson and Mark Cronlund Anderson
https://www.amazon.ca/Seeing-Red-History-Canadian-Newspapers/dp/0887557279
One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis (2003), Peter Edwards
https://www.amazon.ca/One-Dead-Indian-Premier-Ipperwash/dp/0771030479
*Journeying Forward: Dreaming First Nations Independence (2000), Patricia Monture-Angus
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1895686970/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0
Citizen Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State (2000), Alan Cairns
https://www.amazon.ca/Citizens-Plus-Aboriginal-Peoples-Canadian/dp/0774807687
A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986(1999), John S.Milloy
https://www.amazon.ca/National-Crime-Canadian-Government-Residential/dp/0887556469
Returning to the Teachings: Exploring Aboriginal Justice (1996), Rupert Ross
https://www.amazon.ca/Returning-Teachings-Exploring-Aboriginal-Justice/dp/0143055593
*Thunder in my Soul: A Mohawk Woman Speaks (1995), Patricia Monture-Angus
https://www.amazon.ca/Thunder-My-Soul-Mohawk-Speaks/dp/1895686466
Dancing with a Ghost: Exploring Aboriginal Reality(1992), Rupert Ross
https://www.amazon.ca/Dancing-Ghost-Exploring-Indian-Reality/dp/0143054260
People of the Pines: the Warriors and the Legacy of Oka (1991), Geoffrey York
https://www.amazon.ca/People-Pines-Warriors-legacy-Oka/dp/1552780600
Those Who Know: Profiles of Alberta's Native Elders (1991), Dianne Meili
https://www.amazon.ca/Those-Who-Know-Profiles-Albertas/dp/0920897037
Graphic Novels, etc:
The Secret Path (2016), Gord Downie with illustrator Jeff Lemire
https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Path-Gord-Downie/dp/1501155946
*The Outside Circle (2015), Patti Laboucane-Benson
https://houseofanansi.com/products/the-outside-circle
*Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story (2012), David Alexander Robertson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13432146-sugar-falls
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography (2003), Chester Brown
https://www.amazon.ca/Louis-Riel-Comic-Strip-Chester-Brown/dp/1894937899
Cultural competency and practical lawyering:
Reconciliation and Ethical Lawyering:
https://cbr.cba.org/index.php/cbr/article/view/4558/4465
*Communicating with Indigenous Clients:
https://www.aboriginallegal.ca/assets/als-communicating-w-indigenous-clients.pdf
Some notes:
Norma Dunning is Inuit and resides in Edmonton
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/norma-dunning-inuit-stories-annie-muktuk-1.4203698
Billy-Ray is Cree from Driftpile Cree Nation, and resides in Edmonton
https://www.albertanativenews.com/billy-ray-belcourts-poetry-continues-to-impact-and-inform-canadians
Marilyn Dumont is Metis and an Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - English & Film Studies Department at University of Alberta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Dumont
Senator Patti Laboucane-Benson is Metis and resides in Spruce Grove, Alberta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_LaBoucane-Benson
Tasha Hubbard is Cree and an Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasha_Hubbard
Chelsea Vowel is Metis and an Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Vowel