Get the Facts: Indigenous & Black Non-Fiction
At the 2018 edition of The FOLD (Festival of Literary Diversity), Robyn Maynard said: "The facts don't actually speak for themselves." It matters who is telling the story, and with what lens the story is being told. A couple of additional titles to look for: -"Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People" by Anne Bishop -"Viola Desmond's Canada: a history of blacks and racial segregation in the promised land" by Graham Reynolds
Indigenous Writes
A Guide to First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Issues in Canada
Policing Black Lives
State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
Seven Fallen Feathers
Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
The Inconvenient Indian Illustrated
A Curious Account of Native People in North America
A Knock on the Door
The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged
The Reconciliation Manifesto
Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy
In the Black
My Life
Black Ice
The Val James Story
The Education of Augie Merasty
A Residential School Memoir
Nationhood Interrupted
Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems
Why Indigenous Literatures Matter
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality