June is National Indigenous History Month

Your PEI Human Rights committee would like to share to all PSAC members a great list of resources during National Indigenous History month.

Your PEI Human Rights committee would like to share to all PSAC members a great list of resources during National Indigenous History month.

Below you will find many links and resources for readers, those who prefer movies and informational sites. The PEI libraries also have a good selection of many of these books. If they don’t have it, you can request it to be added to the catalogue.

In order to respect the health recommendations during Covid-19, the Abegweit First Nation is offering a virtual celebration highlighted in bold below.

Background:

National Indigenous History month – Why it is important

https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/national-indigenous-history-month#:~:text=Try%20watching%20this%20video%20on,declared%20National%20Aboriginal%20History%20Month

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/06/01/2041814/0/en/Honouring-Indigenous-History-Month-and-the-anniversary-of-the-TRC-Calls-to-Action.html

 

Event:

Virtual “Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day-Epekwitk Edition –(Abegweit First Nation)   Sunday, June 21  9:30 to 2PM  

https://www.facebook.com/events/187251985969601

 

Reading List:

https://www.cbc.ca/books/35-books-to-read-for-national-indigenous-history-month-1.5585489

 

Films:

  • NFB’s Indigenous film catalogue

https://www.nfb.ca/indigenous-cinema/?&film_lang=en&sort=year:desc,title&year=1917..2018

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/there-s-a-massive-free-catalogue-of-indigenous-films-online-and-we-have-6-picks-to-get-you-started-1.4623884

  • CBC Gem – Everything Indigenous

https://gem.cbc.ca/category/everything-indigenous/featured-all/fc9505b4-0cb5-4a16-aadf-863654041afb

  • Amanda Strong a stop motion artist

https://www.spottedfawnproductions.com/biidaaban BIIDAABAN THE DAWN COMES