Indigenous Studies

Primary sources are original materials or documents. In Indigenous studies, they could refer to a direct, first-hand account of an event; usually something that was created at the time of an event, or shortly thereafter. Examples include:

• Diaries
• Letters
• Speeches
• Interviews
• Archives and manuscript material
• Newspapers and magazines from that time
• Photographs
• Art
• Video and audio recordings
• Oral histories
• Government publications

A secondary source would be something that interprets, analyzes, or comments on a primary source. Examples include:

• Journal articles
• Essays
• Theses and dissertations
• Academic books
• Biographies
• Stories or films produced about an historical event

In WorldCat Discovery try combining your topic keywords with one of these terms:

biography
autobiography
"first person"
interview
perspective
diary OR diaries
autoethnography
narrative
photography

For example: "residential schools" AND diary

• Indigenous Services Canada: Publication of Historical Interest Indian Affairs Annual Reports from 1864-1990, Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy (The White Paper, 1969), A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada, 1966 & 1967, and nineteenth-century historical legislation
• Indigenous Studies Portal University of Saskatchewan site with links to published research on all aspects of Indigenous studies.
• Library and Archives Canada, Indigenous Heritage, First Nations Includes Indian Affairs Annual Reports, Indian Reserves maps, Treaties, and more.
• Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources Search or browse the senate or parliamentary debates and more.

• Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements (Library and Archives Canada) Selected full-text treaties and statutes from the National Archives of Canada, as well as links to land claims-related issues.
• Maps of Treaty Making in Canada (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada)

• APTNnews.ca
  News from the Aborginal Peoples Television Network.
• Eagle Feather News
  ​A monthly newspaper serving readers in Saskatchewan's First Nation and Métis communities.
• First Nations Drum
  A national indigenous newspaper distributed across Canada.
• Kukukwes
  An independent indigenous news website covering Atlantic Canada.
• The Eastern Door
  A community based newspaper serving the community of Kahnawake.
• Nunatsiaq News
  A newspaper covering Nunavut and Nunavik. Articles can be published in English, French, Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun. The McLennan Library has print copies available on the 2nd floor.
• Northern News Services
  Seven Northern News Services newspapers circulated in NWT and Nunavut. 
• Wawatay News
  ​A newspaper serving indigenous communities in Northern Ontario. News and features are published in English, Ojibway, OjiCree or Cree. News stories are also available in syllabics.
• Windspeaker
  One of the publications operated by the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta and published 24 times a year.

• Assembly of First Nations
• ​Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Indigenous Services Canada
• Québec Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones
• The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
• Aboriginal Healing Foundation
• First Nations & Inuit Health (Government of Canada)
• Aboriginal Sexual Health
• Indigenous Health Links Database (NCCIH)
• Dialog Documents relating to aboriginals in Quebec 
• Center for World Indigenous Studies