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• Unreconciled

  Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

  Wente, Jesse

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  In 'Unreconciled', a prominent Indigenous voice uncovers the lies and myths that affect relations between white and Indigenous peoples and the power of narrative to emphasize truth over comfort.

• The Seven Circles

  Indigenous Teachings for Living Well

  Luger, Chelsey

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  A revolutionary wellness guide rooted in Indigenous ancestral knowledge, offering wisdom for spiritual, physical, and emotional wellbeing from Native American wellness activists. (Publisher)

• Standoff

  Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

  McIvor, Bruce

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  In this series of concise and thoughtful essays, lawyer and historian Bruce McIvor explains why reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is failing and what needs to be done to fix it.

• To Us the Ashes

  Indigenous Shorts

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  A collection of five Indigenous Documentary Shorts from across the world. Each short highlights the ingenuity and tenacity of Indigenous People across the world.

• Rez Rules

  My Indictment of Canada's and America's Systemic Racism Against Indigenous Peoples

  Louie, Clarence

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  Rez Rules is a call to action for Indigenous communities, and to the non-Indigenous population that can and must work with them, from one of Canada's most effective business leaders.

• Pathways of Reconciliation

  Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC's Calls to Action

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  The essays in Pathways of Reconciliation address the themes of reframing, learning and healing, researching, and living. They engage with different approaches to reconciliation and illustrate the complexities of the reconciliation process…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indian in the Cabinet

  Speaking Truth to Power

  Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971-,

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  The story of why Wilson-Raybould got into federal politics, her experience as an Indigenous leader sitting around the Cabinet table, her proudest achievements, the very public SNC-Lavalin affair, and how she got out and moved forward.

• Running Down a Dream

  a Memoir

  Palmater, Candy

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  Running Down a Dream is Candy’s story, in her own words, of the highs, the lows, the moments of doubt, the turning points when she listened to her gut and tuned out all the people saying no. It’s also a tribute to her family and the love…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Namwayut

  We Are All One : a Pathway to Reconciliation

  Joseph, Robert, 1939-

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  In this book, Chief Robert Joseph traces his journey from his childhood surviving residential school to his present-day leadership journey bringing individual hope, collective change, and global transformation.

• True Reconciliation

  How to Be a Force for Change

  Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971-

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  In this book Wilson-Raybould, says true reconciliation is broken down into three core practices--Learn, Understand, and Act--that can be applied by individuals, communities, organiza­tions, and governments.

• Making Love With the Land

  Essays

  Whitehead, Joshua

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  The author looks at what it means to live as a queer Indigenous person "in the rupture" between identities, as well as how both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are navigating new (and old) ideas about "the land".

• Peyakow

  Reclaiming Cree Dignity

  McLeod, Darrel J.

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  Peyakow--a title borrowed from the Cree word for "one who walks alone"--is an inspiring account of triumph against unimaginable odds. McLeod's perspective as someone whose career path has crossed both sides of the Indigenous/white chasm…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Run as One

  My Story

  Ranville, Errol, 1953-,

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  In his memoir Run as One, Errol embraces the role of trailblazer for the countless musicians that follow his path.

• My Privilege, My Responsibility

  a Memoir

  North, Sheila

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  Sheila North, the first woman elected as Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, discusses the events that shaped her and the violence that nearly stood in the way of her achieving her dreams, as well as how her work in advocacy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nothing Will Be Different

  a Memoir

  McGowan-Ross, Tara, 1992-,

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  A neurotic party girl's coming-of-age memoir about learning to live before getting ready to die. (Publisher)

• Pretty-Shield

  Medicine Woman of the Crows

  Linderman, Frank B.

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  A rare, documented account of the life of a Crow medicine woman, drawn from interviews conducted by legendary writer and ethnographer Frank Bird Linderman and told in her own words.

• Carry

  a Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

  Jensen, Toni

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  A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author's encounters with gun violence.

• Nishga

  Abel, Jordan, 1985-,

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  NISHGA is a deeply personal and autobiographical book that attempts to address the complications of contemporary Indigenous existence.

• Black Water

  Family, Legacy and Blood Memory

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  Black Water is a family memoir of intergenerational trauma and healing, of connection, of story, of how David Robertson's father's life--growing up in Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, then making the journey from Norway House to…Read moreRead more of this annotation