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Reading List: National Indigenous Peoples Day
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, we are honoured to highlight the following titles published since 2020 that explore, celebrate, or reflect on the diverse culture and history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and across Turtle Island.
Browse all of our Indigenous studies titles >
Browse titles in the McGill-Queen’s Indigenous and Northern Studies series >
The Laughing People
A Tribute to My Innu Friends
Documenting the Innu people and illuminating how injustice and cultural meaning manifest in individual lives. Forthcoming September 2021.
Aki-wayn-zih
A Person as Worthy as the Earth
By Eli Baxter
Royally Wronged
The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples
Edited by Constance Backhouse, Cynthia E. Milton, Margaret Kovach, and Adele Perry
Probing Royal Society of Canada scholars’ complicity in the marginalization of Indigenous knowledge and the destruction of Indigenous communities. Forthcoming November 2021.
Daughters of Aataentsic
Life Stories from Seven Generations
By Kathryn Magee Labelle, in collaboration with the Wendat/Wandat Women’s Advisory Council
A groundbreaking project recounting the life stories of seven significant Wendat/Wandat women across North America.
Uumajursiutik unaatuinnamut / Hunter with Harpoon / Chasseur au harpon
By Markoosie Patsauq
Edited and translated by Valerie Henitiuk and Marc-Antoine Mahieu
The Inuktitut text of this groundbreaking novel and its first direct translation into English and French, presented with a rich analysis and detailed contextualization.
Forty Narratives in the Wyandot Language
By John L. Steckley
A rare collection of stories as told by some of the last Wyandot speakers.
Canada’s Other Red Scare
Indigenous Protest and Colonial Encounters during the Global Sixties
By Scott Rutherford
A detailed transnational history of Indigenous activism in Northwestern Ontario and its global significance.
Spirit of the Grassroots People
Seeking Justice for Indigenous Survivors of Canada’s Colonial Education System
By Raymond Mason
Edited by Jackson Pind and Theodore Michael Christou
A compelling memoir by a survivor of the Indian residential and day school system who fought for justice on behalf of Indigenous people.
Fighting for a Hand to Hold
Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada
By Samir Shaheen-Hussain
Foreword by Cindy Blackstock, afterword by Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel
An exploration of anti-Indigenous systemic racism in Canadian health care and the medical establishment’s role in colonial genocide.
Plants, People, and Places
The Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights in Canada and Beyond
Edited by Nancy J. Turner
A powerful case for the essential role of plants and environments in recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ land rights around the world.
Against the Current and Into the Light
Performing History and Land in Coast Salish Territories and Vancouver’s Stanley Park
By Selena Couture
An examination of historical performances in an iconic Vancouver park demonstrating how it remains an Indigenous place despite colonial efforts.
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