it deflects critical scrutiny from the actual causes of that resentment

Indigenous history

In the time before animals were as they are today

From award-winning and bestselling Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga comes a riveting exploration of the dark history of residential schools

and the efforts of profiteers to control the land and unearth treasure beneath it while the lives of individuals hang in the balance

Kohkom’s First Drum / nôhkom nistam omistikwaskihkoma california it deflects critical scrutiny fromThis bilingual book includes full text in both English and Plains Cree. When Charlie's Kohkom asks him what the best part of his school day was, he knows right away: Indigenous drum circle! Kohkom tells him that not very long ago she was gifted her very first drum at a ceremony for children who never returned home from residential schools. But Charlie doesn't understand. How could she only have gotten her first drum so recently? Kohkom explains that