The Yukon's primary source for trans, non-binary and two-spirit information. This reource includes practical information for queer youth, like how to change your legal name and gender markers, as well as useful information for teachers in the Yukon and beyond, like 2SLGBTQ terminology.

From the authors: "Women, Contemporary Aboriginal Issues and Resistance" is a free kit, five print pieces and an 80 minute DVD, designed to help you and your students, your classmates, or your friends explore what it's like to grow up Aboriginal and what other youg Canadians learn about Indigenous Peoples. The kit follows the lives of three fictional children as they grow into adulthood, quickly becoming aware of the way their prejudices, Aboriginal roots, and friendships continue to play an improtant role in shaping their view of each other, and our country. This teaching guide is recommended for ages 14+ and is suited for individual or group study (as large as 30 people).

The generation to which Joe and Josephine Crowshoe belonged spanned more than the length of their lifetimes. That generation fought heorically in a world wars and at the same time raised children under a paternalistic federal regime that denied both a culture and a heritage. The Crowshoes regained their heritage and shared it with the larger community, gaining respect from all the people with whom they were in contact and becoming Arcticulate representatives and the holders of stories, legends and customs. The interviews in Weasel Tail track not just their personal stories but the stories of a people who insisted on being recognized and a culture born out of the land of southern Alberta. Paralleling the interviews, Mike Ross has included historical photographs and documentation of a world and people who are a rich part of Alberta's history.

In this feature film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit.

"Wawahte is one of the few books that I would strongly recommend to anyone who needs to understand Aboriginal issues in Canada. This book should be part of our school curricula."- Dave Loftus
"By shining the light on a dark part of our past we have a chance to create a bright new day for aboriginals and all Canadians. We will all know what happened and then come to realize that what happens now and our vision for a future together is what really counts. Together we will stand for what is right and the intention of Indian residential schools and colonization will not happen again!” - Chief Bert Joseph, Executive Director”

An unsettling study of two tragic events at a residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Indigenous communities in Canada throughout this century. The book's focal points are the death of a runaway boy and the suicide of another while they were students at the Williams Lake Indian Residential School during the early part of this century. Embedded in these stories is the complex past relationship between the Department of Indian Affairs, the Oblates, and Indigenous communities that in turn has influenced relations between government, church, and Indigenous peoples today.

Paulette Regan, a former residential-schools-claims manager, argues that in order to truly participate in the transformative possibilities of reconciliation, non-Aboriginal Canadians must undergo their own process of decolonization. They must relinquish the persistent myth of themselves as peacemakers and acknowledge the destructive legacy of a society that has stubbornly ignored and devalued Indigenous experience. With former students offering their stories as part of the truth and reconciliation processes, Regan advocates for an ethos that learns from the past, making space for an Indigenous historical counter-narrative to avoid perpetuating a colonial relationship between Indigenous and settler peoples. * 2012 Short-listed for the Canada Prize in Social sciences, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social sciences

Unsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children’s Literature demonstrates how settler-society texts position child readers as citizens of postcolonial nations, how they represent the colonial past to modern readers, what they propose about race relations, and how they conceptualize systems of power and government. Clare Bradford focuses on texts produced since 1980 in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand and includes picture books, novels, and films by Indigenous and non-Indigenous publishers and producers. From extensive readings, the author focuses on key works to produce a thorough analysis rather than a survey. Unsettling Narratives opens up an area of scholarship and discussion—the use of postcolonial theories—relatively new to the field of children’s literature and demonstrates that many texts recycle the colonial discourses naturalized within mainstream cultures.

Really great resource for all teachers when teaching about Two-Spirit peoples and the sacred roles they've had in communities. Though the term "cross dressing" should generally be avoided, this resource offers a lot of insight about gender roles and identity expression from a historical Indigenous perspective.

A series of interviews from Queer and/or trans and two-spirit Indigenous people between the ages of 18-35 living in Toronto. From the author: "This zine is about research I did on how young trans, queer and two-spirit* Indigenous people use the word two-spirit. I interviewed fellow young queer, trans, and two-spirit Indigenous people here in Toronto about two-spirit as a term – how we use it, how we see our communities using it, and the relationships between two-spirit and other words that are related to our genders, sexualities, and who we are as Indigenous peoples." This resource is also great for introducing high school students to qualititative university-level methods in an accessible way; the author discusses hypothesis-building, choosing methodology, and interview processes.