On September 30th, we wear orange shirts to honour the children who survived residential schools and to remember those who never made it home.
Selected Library books, eBooks and video related to First Nations experience in residential and other schools (here...)
Examples of subject terms to use to search for information on residential schools:
"native peoples" AND "residential schools"
indians AND "residential schools"
metis AND "residential schools"
"residential schools" AND "british columbia"
"native schools"
"off-reservation boarding schools"
"indian day schools"
Note: 'indians' abbreviates a longer formal subject term: "Indians of North America"
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