Before you start your search, keep in mind that over the years various names have been used to refer to Indigenous Peoples in Canada and other Indigenous groups around the world.
Any of the following terms could be used in your search: Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nations, Native peoples and nation name, e.g. Cree..
More commonly in use now is the term Indigenous. In Canada, Indigenous Peoples collectively refers to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
For more information, check our Terminology page.
Subject headings allow you to search for resources on a particular author or topic and are often more productive than keyword searches.
Keyword searches work best if you have multiple concepts or topics. Think of the words that best describe your topic and then connect them with the boolean operators AND OR NOT.
One strategy to find books on your topic is to use a keyword search to find relevant subjects that you can click on to find more books on the same topic.
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quotation marks |
Searches for exact phrase |
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Truncation * |
Searches for all forms of a word |
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Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) |
Lets you broaden or narrow your search |
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When selecting words to use in a search, you may need to use both old and new terminology, as well as general and specific words to find relevant material. For example: :
General terms: Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Native, First Peoples, Indian
Specific terms: Mi’kmaq, MicMac, Montagnais, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Anishinaabe, Cree, Dene ,,,
Try this search using Omni's Advanced Search to find treaties made between Canada and certain indigenous peoples, e.g. Anishinaabe...
You may want to limit your search results to Books & eBooks.
Relevant Subject Headings
Colonialism History
Colonists History
Indians of North America (the standard subject heading still used by libraries)
Indians of North America Canada History
Indians of North America Canada Residential schools History
Indians of North America Legal status laws etc Canada
Indians Treatment of Canada History
Indigenous children Abuse of Canada
Indigenous peoples Politics and government
Jesuits Canada
Jesuits Missions New France History 17th century
Jesuits Missions Quebec (province History 17th century
Native peoples Canada residential schools History
Native peoples Canada Treaties
Land settlement Political settlement
Off reservation boarding schools Canada History
