S2 E11 Read Into Indigenous Texts

Co-hosts Lisa Noble and Beth Lyons chat about Indigenous texts that span the K-12 education continuum and ways that educators have integrated these texts into their daily practice. This episode was inspired by A Day to Listen- 12 Hours of Indigenous-led Radio Programming on June 30th. https://downiewenjack.ca/a-day-to-listen/ Texts Mentioned In This Episode Reclaimed by Jared Martineau (Lisa incorrectly called it Unreserved which is a different CBC show with Falen Johnson) A Sitting In St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia I Lost My Talk by Rita Joe, Illustrated by Pauline Young The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga I’m Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas, Illustrated by Pauline Young First Nations Child and Family Caring Society- Spirit Bear Facing History and Ourselves Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Author Monique Gray Smith When We Were Alone by David A Robertson Powwow by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane Birdsong by Julie Flett (and all books by Julie Flett) My Day with Yayah by Nicola Campbell, Illustrated by Julie Flett Board books series by Neepin Auger American Indians in Children’s Literature site by Debbie Reese Nibi Is Water by Joanne Robertson We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade Medicine Wheel Education publications- The Circle of Caring and Sharing, The Eagle Feather, Gifts from Raven, Trudy’s Healing Stone, The Hoop Dancer’s Teachings Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer We Are All Treaty People by Maurice Switzer, illustrated by Charley Herbert Barren Grounds by David A Robertson Tales from Big Spirit series by David A Robertson A Girl Called Echo by Katherena Vermette Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett Siha Tooskin Knows Series by Charlene Bearhead and Wilson Bearhead | illustrated by Chloe Bluebird Mustooch This Place: 150 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, Chelsea Vowel | illustrated by Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, GMB Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott B. Henderson, Ryan Howe, Andrew Lodwick, Jen Storm | colour by Scott A. Ford, Donovan Yaciuk The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline The Break by Katherena Vermette If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose, art by Nshannacappo Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga There There by Tommy Orange #NotYourPrincess- Voices of Native American Women by Edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale Glass Beads by Dawn Dumont The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers One Dish, One Mic- podcast Telling Our Twisted Histories- podcast Storykeepers: Let’s Talk Indigenous Books- podcast Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail Indigenous Writes by Chelsea Vowel 21 Things You Didn’t Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph Indigenous Peoples Atlas Anti-racist Educator Reads hosted by Colinda Clyne