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• Stealing

  a Novel

  Verble, Margaret,

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  Fiction. A novel about a Cherokee child removed from her family and sent to a Christian boarding school in the 1950s. A brutal and unflinching look at the abuses perpetrated behind closed doors, told through a sharp coming-of-age story.

• A Council of Dolls

  a Novel

  Power, Mona Susan, 1961-

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  Fiction. The stories of three Dakota women, in 1888, 1925, and 1961, including Lillian, who is forced to attend an "Indian school" with her sister. A broad portrait of the Indigenous experience and the echoing damage of these schools.

• The Seed Keeper

  A Novel

  Wilson, Diane

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  Fiction. An intergenerational story of one Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life. Follows Rosalie Iron Wing through her childhood, her abrupt removal into foster care, and her adulthood as a widow and mother returning to her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Medicine River

  a Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools

  Pember, Mary Annette,

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  Nonfiction. An exploration of the boarding schools operated in America from the mid-19th century to the late 1930s, what they purported to be, and what actually happened behind closed doors. Author and Ojibwe journalist Mary Annette Pember's mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Knock on the Door

  the Essential History of Residential Schools

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,

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  Nonfiction. The history of residential schools prepared by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which sought out the stories of individuals and communities from 2008-2015. Based on 7000 survivor statements and millions of documents…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wandering Stars

  A Novel

  Orange, Tommy

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  Fiction. Staff Pick! "I love indigenous ancestral wisdom, which comes through in this book. It's a follow-up to "There, There"."

• Call Me Indian

  From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

  Sasakamoose, Fred, 1933-

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  Nonfiction. A memoir from Fred Sasakamoose, the first Indigenous player with Treaty status in the NHL, which explores his path from being torn from his home and enrolled in a residential school at the age of 7 to his escape into the NHL and his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Punished

  a Novel

  Laestadius, Ann-Helén,

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  Fiction. The story of five children who are forced to attend a "nomad school" in Sweden in the 1950s - both their experiences in the school and the impact it had on their lives as adults. Based loosely on the story of the author's own family.

• Indian Horse

  a Novel

  Wagamese, Richard,

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  Fiction. A fictional biography told from rock bottom: when Saul Indian Horse's binge drinking lands him in rehab, and he's forced to recount his life story - from life in a residential school to the salvation he finds on the ice as a hockey player,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Called Me Number One

  Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School

  Sellars, Bev, 1955-

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  Nonfiction. A memoir from Xat'sull Chief Bev Sellars, recounting her experience at the St. Joseph's Mission at Williams Lake, BC, as well as those of her mother and grandmother, who were both also forced to attend. A devastating look at the reality…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tsqelmucwílc

  the Kamloops Indian Residential School--resistance and a Reckoning

  Haig-Brown, Celia, 1947-

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  Nonfiction. The story of the survivors of the infamous Kamloops Indian Residential school, updated from the 1988 "Resistance and Renewal" with new material from the original author, some of the survivors, and information from the May 2021 discovery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Five Little Indians

  Good, Michael,

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  Fiction. The story of five children who are taken from their families at an early age and sent to a remote, church-run residential school. The story spans from their experience growing up within its walls to their abrupt expulsion as young teens -…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Michigan Indian Boarding School Survivors Speak Out

  A Narrative History

  Brunner, Sharon Marie

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  Nonfiction. Michigan was home to three Indian boarding schools, the last of which didn't close its doors until 1983. This collection contains the stories of survivors, their families, and communities, seeking to document the abuses perpetrated in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If You Liked "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich

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  Looking for more contemporary and recent-historical novels that grapple with the lived experiences of Native Americans and intergenerational trauma? Check our Book Club book, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich and more similar reads!

• To Save the Man

  a Novel

  Sayles, John, 1950-

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