RESOURCES
CANADA
The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line provides 24-hour crisis support to former Indian Residential School students and their families toll-free at 1-866-925-4419.
First Nations, Inuit and Métis seeking immediate emotional support can contact the Hope for Wellness Help Line toll-free at 1-855-242-3310, or by online chat at hopeforwellness.ca.
UNITED STATES
Call or text 988 or visit www.988lifeline.org to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
- Access support – there is 24/7 support available for survivors of residential schools and their loved ones. Access US resources | Access Canadian Resources
- Share your experience with the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Oral History Project, which is building a permanent oral history collection.
- Host a community screening of SUGARCANE, with supportive resources.
- Learn about this history – view interactive maps and histories from the United States and Canada, as well as federal reports and relevant reading. For the United States: National Native American Boarding School Coalition | For Canada: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
- Educate yourself about the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, which would establish a federal commission to conduct a full inquiry into the assimilative policies of U.S. Indian boarding schools.
- Bring this history into your classroom by screening the film for your students.
- Access lesson plans and other curriculum materials about Canadian residential schools and US boarding schools.