Towards Truth and Reconciliation

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

• Findings of the TRC
• Calls to Action (PDF)
• Video recordings of people reading the TRC report one section at a time

Contextualizing the Conversation

Understanding Indigenous issues and terminology

• Groundwork for Change
• Indigenous Issues 101
• Indigenous Foundations
• Indigitization — Toolkit for the Digitization of First Nations Knowledge
• Native-land.ca - Learn more about where you live
• Traditional Knowledge Labels
• University of British Columbia Indigenous Peoples: Language Guidelines (PDF)

On (de)colonisation

• Barker, A. & Lowman, E.B. (n.d.). Settler Colonialism. Global Social Theory.
• Mbembe, A. (2015). Decolonizing Knowledge and the Question of the Archive (web archived).
• Mills, A. (2016). Colonialism in Wizarding America: J. K. Rowling’s History of Magic in North America through an Indigenous Lens (web archived). The Looking Glass : New Perspectives on Children's Literature. 19(1).
• Tuck, E. & Yang, W. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society. 1(2).
• Vowel, C. (2016). Beyond territorial acknowledgments. âpihtawikosisân.

Doing the work

• Depere, K. (2015). 7 thoughtful ways to be an ally to Native Americans on Thanksgiving (and beyond). Mashable.
  
• Hathcock, A. (2016). You’re Gonna Screw Up. At the Intersection.
  
• Henry, A. (2010). How Can I Learn to Take Criticism Without Taking It Personally? Lifehacker.
  
• Kendall, M. (2009). The Do's and Don'ts of Being a Good Ally. Angry Black Woman.
  

• Bak, Greg; Bradford, Tolly; Loyer, Jesse & Walker, Elizabeth (2017). “Four Views on Archival Decolonization Inspired by the TRC’s Calls to Action.” Fonds d’Archives. 1 : 1-21.
• Christen, K. (2011). Opening Archives: Respectful Repatriation. The American Archivist. 74, 185-210.
• Fraser, C. & Todd, Z. (2016). Decolonial Sensibilities: Indigenous Research and Engaging with Archives in Contemporary Colonial Canada. L'Internationale.
• Ghaddar, J.J. (2016). “The Spectre in the Archive: Truth, Reconciliation, and Indigenous Archival Memory.” Archivaria. 82, 3-26. 
• Gilliland, A. & White, K. (2009). Perpetuating and Extending the Archival Paradigm: The Historical and Contemporary Roles of Professional Education and Pedagogy. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies. 5(1)
• Matthews, H. (2016). Voices of the Past. Library and Archives Canada Blog.
• McCracken, K. (2016). Ten Books to Contextualize Reconciliation in Archives, Museums, and Public History. ActiveHistory.ca.
• Miller, J.R. (1996). Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802078582.
• Milloy, J.S. (1999). A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System 1879–1986. University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 0887556469.
• Nathan, Lisa P.; Schaffer, Elizabeth; and Caster, Maggie (2015). “Stewarding Collections of Trauma: Plurality, Responsibility, and Questions of Action.” Archivaria. 80: 89-118.
• Vowel, Chelsea. (2016). Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada. Portage and Main Press. ISBN 9781553796800.

Professional associations, standards, and resource compilations

• Reconciliation Toolkit for Non-Indigenous Archives in Canada - developed for the Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) by the CCA Archives Advisory Services Working Group (2022-2024)
  
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services
• Association of Canadian Archivists Special Interest Section for Indigenous Archives (SISIA)
• Guide to Acknowledging Traditional Territory
• Indigenous Knowledge Management: Indigenous Subject Headings - AMA LCSH (web archived)
• Koorie Archiving: Trust and Technology - Final report (web archived)
• Off the Record: Archives and Indigenous Issues
• Open access resources on archives & Indigenous issues (web archived)
• Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
• Resources on archives and Indigenous issues
• Think Before You Appropriate: A Guide for Creators and Designers
• Truth and Reconciliation Report and Recommendations - Canadian Federation of Library Associations

Indigenous art, education, and cultural heritage resources in Ontario

• Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures
• Ojibwe Cultural Foundation
  
• Shingwauk Residential School Centre
• Woodland Cultural Centre