Native Canadian history?

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Native Canadian history?

1Cecrow
Bewerkt: apr 5, 2017, 7:34 am

Is there a Canadian non-fiction equivalent of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, something that speaks to the historical aboriginal experience in Canada and its treatment by European colonists and how everything played out in a similarly broad way? The closest I'm aware of is The Inconvenient Indian, but that's not really what I'm looking for.

2LynnB
Bewerkt: apr 6, 2017, 8:33 am

I've not found an equivalent Canadian book. What I could recommend are some books that look at aspects of the aboriginal experience in Canada. You may want to look further into:

Dancing With A Ghost: Exploring Indian Reality by Rupert Ross
Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History by Edmund Metatawabin
Treaty Implementation: Fulfilling the Covenant by the Office of the Treaty Commissioner
Wenjack by Joseph Boyden

3SJaneDoe
Bewerkt: apr 6, 2017, 6:20 pm

Have a look at We Were Not the Savages by Daniel Paul. It's focused on eastern Canada, but might be what you're looking for otherwise.

4alans
sep 19, 2017, 10:51 am

I don't know if this fits the bill but I'm about to start a Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby. It is about growing up as a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree member.
Wab kinew has a book that has been highly regarded.
You may want to look in goodreads under the group Canadian Content-there is a special section on Indiginous Writing.

5WeeTurtle
dec 3, 2020, 4:37 am

I know this thread is pretty old but I'm pondering the topic myself as I recently thought about the book The Right to be Cold. Say it was the weather, I guess. Or a nature show on cold weather critters. I think it was a talk about polar bears and their dependency on ice to hunt. It got me thinking about the sort of natural weather things that we need, beyond things like seasons and farming. Ice roads, for example. I'm not the biggest fan of history or non-fiction that isn't niche, but it's crossed my mind now.

Along with The Right to be Cold, other books I've encountered that dealt with Native Canadian history include Fatty Legs and Stoney Creek Woman about residential schools in Canada, and a youth novel called The Mask that Sang though I didn't read all of that one. It was part of a middle grade provincial reading challenge we do here.

Back on college, I had a text of sorts called Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens that was about the history of European/Native relations in North America if not Canada. (Of course, the countries weren't formed yet so it's all part of it) I only read part of it but it's interesting since it's a historian's perspective so there is less political stuff. There's an old illustration of a beaver damn drawn by a European (possibly based on an indigenous description) that's pretty silly.

Another book I didn't read but recall just off the top of my head is Little Bit Know Something, set around the Peace River region of BC I think (similar area to Stoney Creek Woman). Also an older book. I think I only read a small except back in college. Maybe 2003 ish? It's been a while.

6jessibud2
dec 30, 2021, 4:52 pm

I read Jesse Wente's Unreconciled earlier this fall and thought it was excellent. I would recommend that one.

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