As we approach the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at the end of September, we have book recommendations which tell important stories about residential schools and their impacts on Indigenous communities.

You can find these and other books by using the Browse by categories option and searching the Indigenous Peoples in Canada section. 

For kids:

• I am my name by Na'Kuset
• Rez kid by Andrea Landry
• Miya wears orange by Wanda John-Kehewin
• Tess's red dress: honouring love and family by Carolyn Roberts
• Shirley: an Indian residential school story by Joanne Robertson

For Adults

• Beyond the Orange Shirt Story: A collection of stories from family and friends of Phyllis Webstad - Before, during, and after their Residential School experiences by Phyllis Webstad
• Decolonization and me: Conversations about healing a nation and ourselves by Phyllis Webstad
• Five seasons of Charlie Francis by Danica Roache
• True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change by Jody Wilson-Raybould
• Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese 
• Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente in audio and braille
• Children Like Us: A Métis Woman's Memoir of Family, Identity and Walking Herself Home
  by Brittany Penner

For other Indigenous stories and authors, visit our previous blogs

• Books for National Indigenous People's Day
• Books for Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Orange shirt day: From story to movement
   

CELA also has the full set of reports from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 
Truth and Reconciliation Reports