Summer reading list from the Office of the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement
As part of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, we thought it would be helpful to provide a summer reading list for those interested in furthering their learning in the areas of Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenization, Decolonization, and Indigenous research methodologies.
Five years ago, I crossed the border to Canada to accept a new position at a new university in a new country. I knew I would have a lot to learn about my new role, the university and the Indigenous people of this land. Being the kind of person that loves to read and learn new things, I asked every person I met what I should be reading, watching and who I should get to know better. I read many books, took the online course Indigenous Canada from the University of Alberta, and met as many people as COVID would allow.
I appreciated the time it took my new colleagues to meet with me and to help me understand this land. In an effort to pay it forward, my team and I have compiled a few books you might be interested in reading this summer. It is a sample of all the amazing literature on the shelves in the world. Most of the books can be purchased locally (Turning the Tide Bookstore, McNally’s, etc.). Our intention is to provide you all with ways to think about your work at the university and how to expand your knowledge.
At the beginning of September, we will provide another list of articles, media offerings and additional books for you to consider during USask’s Week of Reflection, September 22-26, and the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, September 30.
The Office of the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement wishes you all a safe and relaxing summer.
- Dr. Angela Jaime (PhD), Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement
OVPIE Summer Reading List:
- 21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act – Bob Joseph
- Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Tricky Grounds – Brunette-Debassige *New Release
- 52 Ways to Reconcile – David A. Robert *New release
- Métis Matriarchs – Cheryl Troup and Doris Jeanne MacKinnion *New Release
- Colonized Classrooms – Cote-Meek
- Indigenous Nationhood – Palmater
- Beyond Blood, Rethinking Indigenous Identity – Palmater
- Warrior Life, Indigenous Resistance & Resurgence – Palmater
- Decolonizing Methodologies – Linda Tuhiwai Smith
- Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education – edited by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang
- Indigenizing Education – Garcia, Shirley, Kulago
- The North-West Is Our Mother – Jean Teillet
- Research as Ceremony – Shawn Wilson
- The Equity Myth – Henry Dua James, Kobayash Li, Romas Smith
- Me and White Supremacy – Layla F. Saad
- Ally is a Verb – Rose LeMay