Reading for Decolonization (Repost)

RE-POST: While we work on our next episode, we're re-releasing some of our earlier stuff. This is a re-edit of a discussion we had in 2018 about the books Birdie by Tracy Lindberg and The Break by Katherena Vermette. We explore reading these fabulous Indigenous women as settlers in Canada/Turtle Island, what this does in the larger picture for decolonization, and how to connect fiction to our responsibilities as settlers and treaty people. Content Warning: Both books deal with trauma and violence against women and indigenous peoples and land. We don't discuss the plots in too much depth, but the material is still heavy to deal with. This was recorded a few months after Gerald Stanley was acquitted of the murder or Colton Bouchie and the purchase by the Trudeau government of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, both of which heavily shaped our discussion. Here are some additional resources to expand what we talk about here: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/ https://yellowheadinstitute.org/ https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2018/06/temporary-spaces-of-joy-and-freedom/