National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: Reading Recommendations

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: Reading Recommendations

In honour of Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, we asked the editors of Quill & Quire, Canada’s must-read for the book industry, for their suggestions on books by Indigenous authors. Here is an all-ages list to learn and reflect on September 30 and beyond.

In honour of Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, we asked the editors of Quill & Quire, Canada’s must-read for the book industry, for their suggestions on books by Indigenous authors. Here is an all-ages list to learn and reflect on September 30 and beyond.

September 29, 2021
Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth & Reconciliation Hero Image

Adult Books

Shared by Attila Berki, Quill & Quire‘s acting review editor

 

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

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A History of My Brief Body Book Cover

 

A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

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A History of My Brief Body Book Cover

All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward by Tanya Talaga

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All our Relations by Tanya Talaga book covrt

 

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour by Dawn Dumont

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The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour by Dawn Dumont Book Cover

 

A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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A Short History of the Blockade by Leanne Simpson Book Cover

 

 

Children’s Books

Shared by Inderjit Deogun, Quill & Quire‘s Books for Young People editor

Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola L. Campbell and Carrielynn Victor

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Stand Like a Cedar book cover

 

We Dream Medicine Dreams by Lisa Boivin

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We Dream Medecine Dreams Book Cover

 

Treaty Words: For as Long as the River Flows by Aimée Craft and Luke Swinson

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Treaty words book cover

 

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley; Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere

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Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know Book Cover

 

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend By Dawn Quigley and Tara Audibert

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Jojo Makoons the used-to-be best friend Book Cover

 

The Shaman’s Apprentice By Zacharias Kunuk and Megan Kyak-Monteith

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The Shaman's Apprentice Book Cover

 

Ska’da Stories Series By Sara Florence Davidson and Robert Davidson and Janine Gibbons

Jigging for Halibut with Tsininii Book Cover

 

For more children’s book recommendations, see this list selected by First Nation Communities READ for the 2021-2022 PMC Indigenous Literature Award.

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