National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: Reading Recommendations

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SJC Team

Published on

September 29, 2021

Founded in 1935 and published by SJC Media since 2002, Quill & Quire is the resource of the Canadian book trade.The magazine reviews around 400 new titles each year, offering the most comprehensive look at Canadian-authored books in the country. Here are recommendations and links to review in honour of the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.

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Adult Books

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

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

Click here for an overview from Quill & Quire.

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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