Book Talk

"Canada Day was this past weekend, but it was much less of a celebration than any Dominion Day in, perhaps, the last 100 years. Why? Because of the recent horrors unearthed from the discovery of over 1,000 children’s graves at the hands of the Federal Government and Catholic Church. This week I share with you some historical reporting, government reconciliation, memoir, and historical fiction by Indigenous writers that every Canadian, if not every human being, needs to read. Links mentioned in this episode http://nctr.ca/records/reports/ http://www.cbc.ca/books/48-books-by-indigenous-writers-to-read-to-understand-residential-schools-1.6056204 http://bookriot.com/indian-residential-schools-books/ http://www.indianhorse.ca/en/book 00:00 - Show Opening 01:06 - Cold Blue Halo - Jason Collett 01:35 - Episode Intro 15:30 - Hangover Days - Jason Collett 19:37 - Books on the History of the Canadian Indigenous Residential School System 29:18 - Roll On Oblivion - Jason Collett 32:33 - Indian Horse by Richard Wagame