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if you’re looking for ways to support, or generally further your education on indigenous history, here are a bunch of links to help you get started! please go further and look up events hosted by your local community specifically, as some may not be listed on the sites below.

remember that if you cannot attend events or monetarily support businesses - you can always boost indigenous artists and voices online too.

indigenous tourism; lists businesses, events, and other indigenous-owned / led programs for the respective province or territory

indigenous tourism canada [generalized resources, event listings etc]

yukon

northwest territories

nunavut

british columbia

alberta

saskatchewan

manitoba

ontario

quebec

newfoundland and labrador

new brunswick

nova scotia

prince edward island

art

bill reid gallery of the northwest coast

lattimer art gallery

native northwest [while NNW itself is not indigenous-owned, it is a good way to discover artists and purchase their work. some artists sell on other sites too, so look around]

strong nations [sells books by indigenous authors]

education and resources

two-spirited people of manitoba

alberta indigenous history timeline [pdf]

alberta indigenous history resources

british columba history timeline

list of first nations peoples [wikipedia; could be incomplete / inaccurate]

cbc indigenous [indigenous-focused news]

missing and murdered indigenous women and girls

national centre for truth and reconciliation

native land interactive map

orange shirt day

qikiqtani truth commission

lil’ red dress project

whose land interactive map

charities / support / donations

clan mothers healing billage & knowledge centre

first nations health authority

indian residential schools survivor society

indigenous peoples resilience fund

qajuqturvik food bank

niqinik nuatsivik nunavut food bank

nunavut food security coalition

reconciliation canada

urban native youth association

resources

Assembly of First Nations

Camosun College Indigenous Studies [Books, Articles, and other Sources / Further Reading on a variety of topics]

KUU-US Crisis Line [24 Hour Crisis Support, BC based]

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

Two-Spirit Resource Directory [PDF; includes both Canadian and USA resources]

charity / donations / activism

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW)

Gathering of Rivers for Community Care

Indigenous Environmental Network - based in USA

RAVEN Trust

education

Good Minds - First Nations, Métis and Inuit Books

Inuktut Tusaalanga - Language Learning [Inuktut]

news media

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) - Indigenous News and Articles; based in Canada.

Turtle Island News - Weekly newspaper; based in Canada.

further reading; awareness

Breathing Lands - the Treaty 9 lawsuit and it’s contradictory terms on land ownership. [Involves multiple Nations]

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit peoples (MMIWG2S) - Manitoba government invests $15mil into the creation of a MMIWG2S Healing and Empowerment endowment fund. [May 2024]

Land Back [Flying Dust Nation] - the return of 85 hectares of land to the Flying Dust Nation. [June 2023]

Land Back [Haida Gwaii] - the return of the archipelago’s territory (200+ islands) to the Haida Nation [April 2024]

Land Back [Nunavut / Nunavummiut] - The transfer of authority over Crown land from Canada to the government of Nunavut. [January 2024]

Residential Schools - The ICMP report and other updates, and concerns over the government withholding records.

Neskantaga’s Water Crisis; 30 years under boil water advisory [Nation Homepage] [Safe Drinking Water Foundation Articles, 2023 and Earlier] [Current Status on the Government Website]

Restitution; Pushing to return Indigenous historical items from the Vatican. [Globe and Mail; March 2024] [The Art Newspaper; June 2024]

Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders; the legal battle against Coastal GasLink’s pipeline project [Nation Homepage] [Amnesty International Article, June 2024] [Aboriginal Peoples Television Network News Article Collection, Updated as of June 2024]

I also want to recommend a book I like, for no other reason than Because I Can, that dives into ethnobotany:

Le site web Mythes et réalités sur les peuples autochtones est un espace dynamique, inclusif et facilitateur d’apprentissage où le bonheur d’apprendre est plus grand que la gêne de ne pas savoir.

(Translation : The website “Myths and truths on the indigenous people” is a dynamic and inclusive learning aid where the joy of learning is bigger than the shame of never knowing.)

And for the english/french folks, here is a ressource for learning about the language spoken here on the north coast of Quebec, Innu-aimun.

Innu-aimun.ca is an open-source, trilingual website where teachers, students, translators, linguists – and anyone interested in the Innu language – can access a wide range of resources in and about Innu.

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