Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
I had the greatest time reading Indigenous authors throughout the month of June.
I know that this video is super long, but I think that all these authors/books are well worth discussing! Please find some timestamps listed down below if you want to skip around :)
0:1:38 ***Reasons why I found this to be a valuable reading challenge***
0:6:19 *** My Favourite 5 Reads of the Month ***
-Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
-Dancing On Our Turtle’s Back- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
-Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers - Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton
-Memory Serves: Oratories - Lee Maracle
-Shell Shaker - LeAnne Howe
0:16:54 ***Nonfiction***
-Bobbi Lee Indian Rebel - Lee Maracle
-Nîtîsanak - Lindsay Nixon
-The Truth About Stories - Thomas King
-Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview - E. Richard Atleo
-The Truth that Wampum Tells - Lynn Gehl
-Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto - Taiaiake Alfred
-Red Skin White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition - Glen Sean Coulthard
-The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present - David Treuer
0:29:20 ***Novels***
-Ravensong - Lee Maracle
-Five Little Indians - Michelle Good
-Tracks - Louise Erdrich
-Keeper ’n Me - Richard Wagamese
-Medicine River - Thomas King
-Truth and Bright Water - Thomas King
-Kynship - Daniel Heath Justice
-Wyrwood - Daniel Heath Justice
-Dreyd - Daniel Heath Justice
-Blood Sports - Eden Robinson
-The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy - Cherie Dimaline
-Crow Winter - Karen McBride
0:45:13 ***Short Stories/Novellas***
-Midnight Sweatlodge - Waubgeshig Rice
-One Good Story, That One - Thomas King
-The Stone Collection - Kateri Akiwenzie Damm
0:46:44 ***Drama***
-The Rez Sisters - Tomsom Highway
-Dry Lips Outta Move to Kapuskasing - Tomson Highway
0:48:06 ***Poetry***
-When My Brother Was an Aztec - Natalie Diaz
-Passage - Gwen Benaway
-Witness, I Am - Gregory Scofield
-NDN Coping Mechanisms - Billy-Ray Belcourt
-Hope Matters - Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb & Tanya Carter
0:50:19 ***Comics/Graphic Novels***
-Hiawatha & the Peacemaker - Robbie Robertson
-Wendy Vols. 1-3 - Walter Scott
-Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga - Michael Nicolls Yahgulanaas
-A Tale of Two Shamans - Michael Nicolls Yahgulanaas
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In this video I'm wearing lipstick made by Cheekbone Beauty. The company is Indigenous-owned and they produce cruelty-free, vegan make up. You can check out their website here: cheekbonebeauty.ca
I had the greatest time reading Indigenous authors throughout the month of June.
I know that this video is super long, but I think that all these authors/books are well worth discussing! Please find some timestamps listed down below if you want to skip around :)
0:1:38 ***Reasons why I found this to be a valuable reading challenge***
0:6:19 *** My Favourite 5 Reads of the Month ***
-Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
-Dancing On Our Turtle’s Back- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
-Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers - Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton
-Memory Serves: Oratories - Lee Maracle
-Shell Shaker - LeAnne Howe
0:16:54 ***Nonfiction***
-Bobbi Lee Indian Rebel - Lee Maracle
-Nîtîsanak - Lindsay Nixon
-The Truth About Stories - Thomas King
-Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview - E. Richard Atleo
-The Truth that Wampum Tells - Lynn Gehl
-Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto - Taiaiake Alfred
-Red Skin White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition - Glen Sean Coulthard
-The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present - David Treuer
0:29:20 ***Novels***
-Ravensong - Lee Maracle
-Five Little Indians - Michelle Good
-Tracks - Louise Erdrich
-Keeper ’n Me - Richard Wagamese
-Medicine River - Thomas King
-Truth and Bright Water - Thomas King
-Kynship - Daniel Heath Justice
-Wyrwood - Daniel Heath Justice
-Dreyd - Daniel Heath Justice
-Blood Sports - Eden Robinson
-The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy - Cherie Dimaline
-Crow Winter - Karen McBride
0:45:13 ***Short Stories/Novellas***
-Midnight Sweatlodge - Waubgeshig Rice
-One Good Story, That One - Thomas King
-The Stone Collection - Kateri Akiwenzie Damm
0:46:44 ***Drama***
-The Rez Sisters - Tomsom Highway
-Dry Lips Outta Move to Kapuskasing - Tomson Highway
0:48:06 ***Poetry***
-When My Brother Was an Aztec - Natalie Diaz
-Passage - Gwen Benaway
-Witness, I Am - Gregory Scofield
-NDN Coping Mechanisms - Billy-Ray Belcourt
-Hope Matters - Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb & Tanya Carter
0:50:19 ***Comics/Graphic Novels***
-Hiawatha & the Peacemaker - Robbie Robertson
-Wendy Vols. 1-3 - Walter Scott
-Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga - Michael Nicolls Yahgulanaas
-A Tale of Two Shamans - Michael Nicolls Yahgulanaas
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In this video I'm wearing lipstick made by Cheekbone Beauty. The company is Indigenous-owned and they produce cruelty-free, vegan make up. You can check out their website here: cheekbonebeauty.ca
