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Social Studies: Indigenous, South Asian, East Asian, Black History

Resources for Social Studies projects.

First Peoples Resources

First Peoples Resources
There are so many First Peoples Resources that this is a link to a separate page.

Indo Canadian - South Asian Resources

Canadian Sikh Heritage Welcome to the site for the Gur Sikh Temple, National Historic Site, and Sikh Heritage Museum. This historic site is located in Abbotsford, BC., Canada. The site, originally built by Sikh settlers in 1911, was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 2002. In 2011, the Sikh Heritage Museum was created on the ground floor during the Centennial celebrations.
South Asian Canadians

Becoming Canadians: Pioneer Sikhs in their Own Words by Jagpal, Sarjeet Singh
Call Number: 971.1008 JAG
ISBN: 1550171089
Publication Date: 1994
Asa Johal and Terminal Forest Products by Oujla-Chalmers, Jinder
Call Number: 971.13304 OUJ
ISBN: 9781550178890
Publication Date: 2019
The Punjabis in British Columbia : location, labour, First Nations, and multiculturalism by Kamala Elizabeth Nayar
Call Number: 971.1008 NAY
ISBN: 9780773540705

Chinese Canadian Resources

Chinese Canadian Museum

Tong: The Story of Tong Louie, Vancouver's Quiet Titan by Perrault, E.G
Call Number: 971.13304 PER
ISBN: 9781550172317
The Chinese head tax and anti-Chinese immigration policies in the twentieth century by Chan, Arlene
Call Number: 971.008 RIG
ISBN: 9781459404434
Chinese Canadians, Voices From a Community by Huang, Evelyn
Call Number: 971.008 HUA
ISBN: 0550540343
Golden inheritance: The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection at UBC Library by Buijs, Larissa
Call Number: 971.1 BUI
ISBN: 9780888650481

Japanese Canadian

Japanese Canadian National Museum

Taiken : Japanese Canadians since 1877 by Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Call Number: 971.1 NIK
ISBN: 9780995032811
Story of Vancouver Asahi: A legend in baeball by Goto Norio
Call Number: 971.1 GOT
ISBN: 9781771364409
Japanese Canadian internment in the Second World War by Hickman, Pamela
Call Number: 971.008 RIG
ISBN: 9781552778531

Black Canadian Resources

Black Canadians

Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia by Kilian, Crawford
Call Number: 971.1008 KIL
ISBN: 1550179489
Black Canadians - Their History and Contributions by Carter, Velma and Carter, Levero
Call Number: 971.008 CAR
ISBN: 0919091601
Black Heritage by Livesey, Robert
Call Number: 971.004 LIV
ISBN: 1550051377
Africville : an African Nova Scotian community is demolished - and fights back by Wesley, Gloria
Call Number: 971.008 RIG
ISBN: 9781459413580

Garibaldi Secondary School, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada