Spotlight

Resources for Indigenous people in Vancouver and surrounding areas.

The Vancouver Public Library has many resources about contemporary Indigenous peoples in British Columbia and Canada. Pages about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Residential Schools and Land Claims provide more resources on these topics and can be found on the menu on the left.

This page lists selected sources of information on British Columbia Indigenous artists and their creative works.

This page will help you find information on Indigenous ways of knowing and being in Canada, focusing on aspects of survival, social life and culture, such as food, shelter, clothing, games, transportation, religion, and legends.

Louis Riel helped to lead two resistance movements against the Canadian government; the Red River Rebellion and the North-West Rebellion. This guide has information on him and the rebellions.

This section will help you find material in Vancouver Public Library on the Fur Trade in Canada.

The Vancouver Public Library has many resources for researching Indigenous peoples' history in British Columbia and Canada.

This guide will help you learn about BC history in the 2000s.

This guide will help you learn about BC history in the 1900s.

There were two major gold rushes in British Columbia - one occurring around 1858 on the Fraser River and the other in 1862 in the Cariboo district.