Here’s a good suggestion from Solomon Ratt in honour of National Indigenous History Month: Read Indigenous History.
awa pîsim misiwîskamik kânatahk kiskisitotawâwak ithiniwak kâ-kî-pî-isi-pimâtisicik.ayamihtâtân masinahikana ita kâ-âcimocik ithiniwak.mâk-ôma piyak.
ᐊᐘ ᐲᓯᒼ ᒥᓯᐑᐢᑲᒥᐠ ᑳᓇᑕᕽ ᑭᐢᑭᓯᑐᑕᐚᐘᐠ ᐃᖨᓂᐘᐠ ᑳ ᑮ ᐲ ᐃᓯ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᒋᐠ᙮
ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᑖᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇ ᐃᑕ ᑳ ᐋᒋᒧᒋᐠ ᐃᖨᓂᐘᐠ᙮
ᒫᑰᒪ ᐱᔭᐠ᙮This month is National Indigenous History month.Let’s read books where Indigenous peoples tell their stories.Here’s one.
The first title Sol nominates is Kisiskâciwan: Indigenous Voices from Where the River Flows Swiftly, edited by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Regina: University of Regina Press, 2018.
Here’s another good suggestion (if you’re able):
nîhithaw-ayamihcikîtân
ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐘᔭᒥᐦᒋᑮᑖᐣ
Let’s read in Cree.
If you’re looking for suggestions, have a browse through the list creeliteracy.org has been building! And if you’ve got good books to suggest, please share them by adding a note in the comments below!
