Library Learning Commons: Indigenous Legacy: Indigenous History Month

Connect with NBCC’s Indigenous Community

Indigenous Gathering Spaces

Gathering Centres: Located centrally, they are a valuable resource for the student population to learn about Indigenous people, culture and lifeways. (available at most campuses)
Facebook community, all are welcome to join.

Understanding Indigenous Culture

In Brightspace, under the Learning Resource tab on your homepage, you can enroll in the “Understanding Indigenous Culture” online course. Check out this quick video tutorial on how to find and enroll.

Seven Feathers Walkways at each Campus

NBCC has introduced ‘Seven Feathers’ walkways at each of our campus locations to serve as an important reminder of NBCC’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.

Notable Websites

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day
Learn more and Indigenous Peoples Day and explore virtual events happening nationwide.
New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council
NBAPC is the voice for approximately 28,260 Status and Non-Status Aboriginal People who reside in the Province of New Brunswick.
Learn more about First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Canada
This website will help you explore the history, languages, cultures, and experiences of Indigenous Peoples across Canada.
Four Directions Teachings
An audio narrated resource for learning about Indigenous knowledge and philosophy from five diverse First Nations in Canada.
Library and Archives Canada
LAC acquires, preserves, and provides access to published and archival heritage material that represents First Nations.

Featured eBooks

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded
The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book powerfully portrays flashpoints in history when Indigenous peoples have risen up and fought back against colonizers and other oppressors.
An Illustrated History of Canada's Native People
Canada's Native people have inhabited this land since the Ice Age and were already accomplished traders, artisans, farmers, and marine hunters when Europeans first reached their shores. Contact between Natives and European explorers and settlers initially presented an unprecedented period of growth and opportunity.
Stubborn Resistance*
When New Brunswick became its own colony in 1784, the government concluded several peace treaties with the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet in the territory that protected First Nations lands. But as settlers, loyalists, and disbanded soldiers moved into New Brunswick, they moved onto the reserves, often without official sanction.
We Were Not the Savages, First Nations History, 4th Ed*
The title of this book We Were Not the Savages speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi'kmaw lands in the 17th century. Prior to the European invasion the Mi'kmaq lived healthy lives and for thousands of years had lived in harmony with nature in the land they called Mi'kma'ki. This book sets the record straight.
Where the Pavement Ends*
Over the past fifteen years, Canada's Aboriginal healing community has emerged as a vital and visible force. Creative recovery programs have been established across the country, and international initiatives such as the "Healing Our Spirit Worldwide" gatherings have originated here.

* Available through the New Brunswick Public Library. Sign up for a free library card.

Wabanaki Collection

The Wabanaki Collection connects postsecondary educators, grade school teachers, and the general public with various resources that support enhanced relationships between all the peoples of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States.

Wabanaki Collection

Free Online Course

Indigenous Canada is a free course from the UAlberta that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada.

Videos

Canadian Heritage Moment: Kenojuak Ashevak A founding member of Cape Dorset’s famed printmaking co-op, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world (1927-2013).
Canadian Heritage Moment: Naskumituwin (Treaty) The making of Treaty 9 from the perspective of historical witness George Spence, an 18-year-old Cree hunter from Albany, James Bay.
Women of this Land Women of This Land is a documentary series spotlighting the resilience and cultural richness of Indigenous women in Atlantic Canada as they share their stories of connection to land and heritage.
You Can Call Me Roger - Trailer A story of hope that depicts the life of Assembly of First Nations regional Chief Roger Joseph Augustine; his lived experiences with the long assault against Aboriginal people, and his near impossible climb to 45 years in leadership