National Day of Remembrance (Orange Shirt Day) Titles for Kids and Teens, from the Multcolib Indigenous TeamLike this list

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• National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

  View on boardingschoolhealing.org

  The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is a leading national organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of Native peoples impacted by U.S. Indian boarding school policies. The organization provides educational…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Witness Blanket

  Truth, Art and Reconciliation

  Newman, Carey, 1975-

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  This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by artist Carey Newman (Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw, Coast Salish) that includes items from every residential school in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Free to Fly

  Iceberg, Karina,

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  Hope takes flight in this tender picture book by author Karina Iceberg (Aleut-Alutiiq), and illustrator Steph Littlebird (Kalapuya, Chinook), who share a story of Native resilience with a conversation between a grandparent and grandchild that soars…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story

  Race to the Truth

  Fairbanks, Ashley,

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  This title tells in an age-appropriate way the harrowing true story of America's history with boarding schools, and the forced assimilation of Indigenous kids and families. While Fairbanks (Anishinaabe) doesn’t shy away from describing children’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• With Our Orange Hearts

  Webstad, Phyllis,

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  As a young child, your little world can be full of big feelings. In this book, Phyllis Webstad (Secwepemc) founder of Orange Shirt Day, shows how sharing her story with the world helped her process my feelings. This true story encourages young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shards of Silence

  Young, Brian (Brian Lee),

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  Even if it hurts to leave behind his friends and family in Navajo, New Mexico, especially his great-grandmother, Mildred, Derrick knows his scholarship to an elite East Coast boarding school is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Derrick tries to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Coming Home

  a Hopi Resistance Story = Tutuqaykingaqw Nima : Hopisino Pahan Tutqayiwuy Ep Yorhomti

  Honyouti, Mavasta, 1979-

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  From master Hopi woodcarver Mavasta Honyouti is the story of his grandfather's experience at a residential boarding school and how he returned home to pass their traditions down to future generations. Coming Home: A Hopi Resistance Story is a deeply…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boarding Schools

  Bruegl, Heather,

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  Learn how education and government policy impacted generations of Indigenous families. Readers will understand the legacy of boarding schools on Indigenous cultures and the resilience of those cultures today. This book is part of a series that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miya Wears Orange

  John-Kehewin, Wanda, 1971-

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  This picture book explores the complicated feelings a young Indigenous girl experiences as she learns about the tragedy and injustice of residential schools.

• In Our Own Words

  True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools

  McNamara, Benay,

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  With a special focus on the Haskell Institute in Kansas, the Flandreau School in South Dakota, and the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, this invaluable work offers an unfiltered look at letters written by parents, children, and school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indigenous History From 1887-1932

  the Allotment and Assimilation Era

  Hale, E. A. (Choctaw Nation member),

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  This informative book provides an overview of Indigenous history in the United States from 1887 to 1932. It covers Native experiences during allotment of their land and US policies of assimilation, including boarding schools.

• Stealing Little Moon

  the Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools

  Jones, Dan SaSuWeh, 1951-

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  Little Moon was one of thousands of Indigenous children forced to attend these schools across America and give up everything they'd ever known: family, friends, toys, clothing, food, customs, even their language. She would be the first of four…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When We Were Alone

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Buffalo Dreamer

  Duncan, Violet,

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  Summer and her family always spend idyllic summer vacations in Canada on the Cree reservation where her mom's family lives. This summer, she learns of a shocking discovery at the school her grandpa once attended. Now more elders -- including her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Orange Shirt Day

  Every Child Matters

  Webstad, Phyllis,

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  Orange Shirt Day, observed annually on September 30th is an official day to honor Residential School Survivors and their families, and to remember the children who did not come home. This book aims to create champions who will walk a path of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Name Is Seepeetza

  Sterling, Shirley,

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  Based on her own experiences, this powerful novel by Shirley Sterling, of the Nlaka'pamux Nation, is a moving account of one of life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.

• The Train

  Callaghan, Jodie, 1984-

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  A picture book about residential schools based on Mi'gmaq author Jodie Callaghan's conversations with survivors (including her own grandmother) and memories shared with her by a man she interviewed by the train tracks that transported children to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Shoes

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  From award winning author David Robertson (Norway House Cree) comes a beautifully told and comforting picture book about a boy's journey to overcome generational trauma of residential schools.

• Surviving the City. Vol. 3, We Are the Medicine

  Spillett, Tasha, 1988-

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  Grief and anger take precedence over three Indigenous high schoolers' plans after the remains of 215 children are found at a former residential school in British Columbia. The teens struggle with feelings of helplessness in the face of injustice.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Pocket

  Janicki, Peggy,

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  Based on Janicki's (Nak'azdli Whut'en First Nation) mother's experience at residential school, The Secret Pocket is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. But it's also a celebration of quiet resistance to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation