2020 Indigenous Reads Challenge - Commentary

[Story]

Great news, Sarah! I'm glad you learned a lot. What a good idea to do it again next year. Susan, what do you think? We could set more modest goals for year two; six books perhaps?

I'm learning lots too and have expanded my own challenge beyond books to watching films and TED Talks, attending a powwow and an indigenous education conference and an absolutely fantastic seminar with Monique Gray Smith. I'm looking forward to more books and experiences as the year goes on.

[Kathleen]

Congratulations Sarah!

[Story]

This might interest some of you who live in the Sudbury region:

Laurentian professor releases history e-book with local, Indigenous perspective
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbur...

[Story]

Markoosie Patsauq, first Inuit novelist,who lived the history of his people, has died and his novel (which in my library is listed as a kids' book) Harpoon of the Hunter sounds fascinating

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/...

[Story]

Louis Riel's great-grandniece Jean Teillet has a new book out: The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Metis Nation

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapt...

[❀ Susan]

How are the indigenous reading challenges coming along??

[Allison ༻hikes the bookwoods༺]

I've only completed 3/10. Guess I need to up my game!

[Story]

I've read 11 books but not in 10 categories so I have a few to go.

For those interested in finding more books for "7. a book written by an indigenous author in another country", I came across this list today (though a few on it are Canadian):

https://bookmarks.reviews/13-of-the-m...

Some of them sound really interesting. I'm particularly interested in "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World " and
"When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry"

[Wanda]

Thanks for the link Storyheart! Lots of new books for my list.

[Wanda]

My reading has been all over the place. I've completed 7 books and started 2 others but had returned to library just prior to pandemic...waiting to get back into them soon. So many to read...

[Story]

Wanda wrote: "Thanks for the link Storyheart! Lots of new books for my list."

My pleasure! Great to see so many new books with an indigenous focus being published around the world.

[Kathleen]

Story❤️, thank you for the link. There are several that "caught my eye." I am especially interested in "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World."

[Story]

I’ve completed the challenge!

[Mj]

Well done Story❤️!! And thank you for being the inspiration behind this challenge that so many members participated in and others might still choose to join.

[Story]

Mj wrote: "Well done Story❤️!! And thank you for being the inspiration behind this challenge that so many members participated in and others might still choose to join."

You're very welcome. I learned so much from doing it and enjoyed it in the process.

[Kathleen]

Congratulations, Story❤️️!
I am listening to the audiobook of Braiding Sweetgrass now, and find it very interesting and educational.

[Rhiannon]

Kathleen wrote: "Congratulations, Story❤️️!
I am listening to the audiobook of Braiding Sweetgrass now, and find it very interesting and educational."
I'm reading that now too :)

[Sarah]

Thanks story❤️!

[Wanda]

So many more to read for me, it is a good challenge and congrats Storyheart for completing it. Hoping we continue to celebrate Indigenous authors in our group all of the time.