Some of the Indigenous History-Makers to celebrate today

• Alanis Obomsawin: an award-winning documentary filmmaker and officer of the Order of Canada whose work with the National Film Board of Canada ensured indigenous voices were heard. • Carey Price: an NHL Goalie and Vezina Trophy winner from the Ulkatcho Nation. In 2014, Price helped Canada win a gold medal in Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. • Dr. Evan Adams: an award-winning actor and physician from Tla’amin First Nation. He was the first- ever Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor in the Office of the Provincial Health Officer • Jeremy Dutcher: a classically-trained tenor, composer, and musicologist from the Tobique First Nation. His 2018 album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa won both the and a . • The shíshálh people who regained self-government with the passing of the Sechelt Indian Band Self- Government Act on October 9, 1986. They were the first indigenous nation in Canada to achieve this status and remove themselves from the jurisdiction of the Indian Act. • Waneek Horn-Miller a Mohawk athlete who was stabbed with a Canadian soldier’s bayonet during the Kanesatake Resistance in 1990. She went on to become captain of Team Canada’s water polo team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Adult Reading Suggestions

• Join the #IndigenousReads conversation on social media and find great books by Indigenous authors via their reading list • Two indigenous authors from BC recently won Governor General Literary Award’s: Five Little Indians by Cree writer and lawyer, Michelle Good; and Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story by Kim Senklip Harvey • Indigenous women-owned bookstore Massy Books has a great book list • David A. Robertson curated a list of 48 books by Indigenous writers to read to better understand residential schools • 108 Indigenous reads as recommended by CBC readers • 21 Things You Might Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph • The Gibsons Public Library has a number of book club sets by indigenous authors, including: o The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King o The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew o Moccasin Square Gardens by Richard Van Camp o The Break by Katherena Vermette o Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese • The Sechelt Public Library has a new indigenous book collection display in the front entrance of the library • Read the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Film & Television Suggestions

• Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) • Angry Inuk • APTN’s First Contact • Highway of Tears • In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence • Maker of Monsters: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick • National Film Board’s Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation collection of films • North of 60 • Reel Canada catalogue of Indigenous Made Films • Rhymes for Young Ghouls • Smoke Signals • Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii • The Grizzlies • The Rez • The Secret Path • We Were Children • “Why don’t residential school survivors just get over it?” Senator Murray Sinclair’s reply Visual Arts Suggestions

• Women and girls can join the hands-on workshops at the new Weaving Place in Sechelt • Learn about the totem poles at Tsain-Ko Village Shopping Centre • Learn about shíshálh carving in the video Totem Tales • Watch the Totem Pole Celebration and unveiling at the shíshálh Hospital

Local artists: ʔantuni Tony Paul Bradley Hunt Candace Campo Charlie Craigan Coast Raven Design Studio Dean Hunt Derek Georgeson Jessica Silvey Michel Beauvais Shain Jackson Shawn Hunt Shy Watters Georgeson Ximiq Dionne Paul *solo-exhibition on at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery until July 4, 2021 Tsain-Ko Gift Shop Actions and Activity Suggestions

• Book an indigenous cultural tour with Talaysay Tours • Sign up to experience a KAIROS Blanket exercise • Plan a visit to UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre • Take a virtual trip and experience Indigenous culture through free online workshops offered by Indigenous Tourism BC • Take the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Reading Challenge • Find out whose territory you live on via the Native Land map • Visit the tems swiya museum to learn more about local shíshálh culture and history • Read books by indigenous authors about their lived experiences • Support the work of indigenous artists and musicians • Participate in orange shirt day • Support the local syíyaya Reconciliation Movement Music & Podcast Suggestions Music: • Anachnid • Angela Amarualik • Buffy Sainte-Marie • Digawolf • Jeremy Dutcher • Laura Niquay • Mattmac • • The Halluci Nation • Tia Wood Podcasts: • 2 Crees in a Pod • All My Relations • Finding Cleo • Métis in Space • Red Man Laughing • This Land Other: • CBC Radio program Unreserved with Falen Johnson • Check out the latest in indigenous music culture at Revolutions Per Minute • “Online Encore: We’re Not Done Drumming” Mi’kmaw Poet Rebecca Thomas performs with Symphony Nova Scotia Resources for children & their teachers

• Legends of the Sechelt Peoples illustrated book series by shíshálh author Donna Joe, illustrated by shíshálh artist Charlie Craigan • Spirit Quest or Time of the Thunderbird by shíshálh author Diane Silvey • If you’re a teacher, download one of the teaching guides made available through the Legacy of Hope Foundation • Read to your children about Residential Schools • Learn how to teach When We Were Alone by David Robertson • Indigenous Reads list for children and young adults • Legacy Schools Resources – The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund • Check out the It’s Our Time AFN Toolkit • Graphic novel anthology This Place: 150 Years Retold • A Girl Called Echo graphic novel series by Katherena Vermette • 15 indigenous comic books and video games for kids • I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer and Illustrated by Gillian Newland Language and Education Resources

• Learn to pronounce the original names of places on the Sunshine Coast • Add the she shashishalhem language keyboard to your desktop computer • Access the Sechelt Dictionary online • Tour the online exhibition Where are the Children? • Take the online course “Indigenous Canada” offered by the University of Alberta • Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports • Discover the indigenous languages from across BC • Learn about the journey of making The Witness Blanket - a national monument that commemorates the experiences of residential school survivors across Canada • Discover the story of the Cranmer Potlach of 1921 • Watch the 5-part series “They came for the children”, Based on the TRC Final Report on Residential Schools in Canada • Watch MLA Adam Olsen’s statement on 215 Children in Kamloops • Track progress being made on the 94 Calls to Action