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Man, I just cannot get away from this POS.

Ouch. And even more true in the COVID era.

“…you might wish to describe Christianity as the gateway drug to supply-side capitalism.”

This book is a must read for Canadians and those living in the U.S.A.

😳 That is shame on Teddy.

Despite this particular passage, so far this account is personable and laugh/snort out loud amusing!

Another pick for the audio edition, read excellently by Lorne Cardinal. This is a must read.

Check out Kim‘s book review of The Inconvenient Indian on Book Interrupted‘s Manuscript Mondays. https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-the-inconvenient-indian

I got thru the Prologue and a few pages into the first chapter on audio and it was SO GOOD I knew I needed to read it in print to better absorb the content.

Just got a copy today. 👏🏾 Cover is bent, but oh well I‘m not too fussy for $6.50.

14/2021

I just watched the documentary inspired by this book. It premiered at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) and I managed to get a digital ticket before they sold out. It's filled with powerful ideas, images and music, and King himself does a good part of the narration.

I'm not sure when and how the film will be available, but I highly recommend it (along with King's book of essays) for anyone interested in Aboriginal issues.

It‘s a bit of a heartbreaker, but King‘s humor makes this a terrific and poignant read- especially considering the times we are living in! It gives focus to this activist- letting me know what we can and should be fighting for and why we should be fighting.

This is a must read. Crisp, clear, angry, sad, yet witty as well, with a playful narrative structure for a non-fiction book. Run, don‘t walk to get this.

Thomas King is snarky and I love it!

#CYOReadathon
@rabbitprincess

#CYOReadathon Day 1 complete. Estimated reading time: 4 h 5 min
I started AND finished the tagged book, which is so good!
Also read today‘s installments of my Serial Reader books (the Du Bois and the Austen) and nibbled away at Survival, by Margaret Atwood, which I am reading via Overdrive/Libby.

I am « officially » reading for the readathon Jul 1, 4, and 5, but I may post the other days too ?

An article suggests that the Twilight franchise is « a gateway for non indigenous people to view more accurate indigenous characters than those of the past, forever changing how the world sees Native Americans through film. »
King: « Right. We used to be portrayed as bloodthirsty savages. Now we‘re vampire-killing werewolves. »
#CYOReadathon total about 2.5 h so far.

It's #CYOReadathon time again! I'll be reading Wednesday - Friday. This month I want to educate myself about the American myth because we all know that liberty and justice have not been for every citizen. I'll be starting with the tagged book.

I‘m in for another #CYOReadathon! Realistically, July 1 has the best chance of being an uninterrupted readathon day, but I will also try for July 4 and 5.

Tagged is also the book that @Sace tagged for her post with this graphic—it is on my to-read pile right now, so I‘m taking that as a sign I should read it during this readathon!

It's #CYOReadathon time again... Well, starting next week. I think this will coordinate nicely with the #MidYearRush that @Clwojick has organized. I haven't really thought of any goals for either, but I will do that today and post them later.

The only thing I know for sure is I will be reading books about US History that's left out of high school curricula (starting with tagged book.)

“He was tired of wearing sombreros, he told me, and suggested that we trade places. I‘ve never been one to say no to a complication, so I put on the sombrero, and he put on the headband with the feather. The producers didn‘t notice or didn‘t care. ‘Just stand among the appliances‘ they told us, ‘and wish everyone a merry Christmas. In your own language.‘”
It‘s a beautiful day and this book is a great read so far
May‘s #doublespin is a joy.

"You see my problem. The history I offered to forget, the past I offered to burn, turns out to be our present. It may well be our future."

Brought to my attention by @trueisa4letterword this evening. 2019 is the UN Year of Indigenous Language. Teaching indigenous languages preserves cultural knowledge and improves the rich diversity of human experience. Diné Bí Ná‘álkid Time is a Sesame-Street-inspired show for young Navajo language learners. & they need our help. Please send a few dollars their way or share this as widely as you can. https://www.gofundme.com/f/saveournavajolanguage

Trying to read more #IndigenousLit this summer. Any recomendations?
#Indigenous #CanadaReads

This book could be summarized by that one quote. Filled with critical anger and personal anecdotes, sprinkled with the right amount of wit, it is a great introduction to an Indigenous point of view on history - and to King‘s writing and words. This book is to show that Indigenous Resistance not only will, but should prevail.

I'm headed to a gift exchange on Sunday, so OF COURSE I chose to make a readers' pack: an important book, some gluten-free reading snacks, and a skate stocking to hold it all.

#ReadHarder2018: a book of colonial or post-colonial lit. I deliberately picked this from my TBR pile after finishing my Read Harder pick for a western ("True Grit"), as I expect reading them back-to-back will be an illuminating experience.

So true!

The writing center where I teach has our annual conference this weekend-Writefest. I saw a great panel on writing as activism. “Inconvenient Indian” was recommended by a panelist interested in indigenous people‘s literature coming out of Canada. #tbr #diversebooks #coolauthorpanel

Started reading the book that's been wnning all the Québec prizes this year. I can see why, it is very well written, engaging, and wonderfully plotted. It is also a heap of White Man colonial guilt about the Disappearing Indian, the Magical Indian and the Natural Indian. I just read a whole book from an actual Amerindian denoucing that as a pastiche. The latter has not gotten any prizes. *sigh* This post-colonial scholar is tired.

“What do Indians want? Great question. The problem is, it‘s the wrong question to ask.” Thomas King‘s running commentary on historical and contemporary Indigenous issues is not quite what I expected: far more punch and unabashed opinion. An important voice to consider before I tackle Medicine Unbundled.

A must read for all North American settlers. King packs this deceptively short book with plenty of irony, a long list of receipts, and the sort of humour you trot out when the situation's the exact opposite of funny. It's heavy but necessary. #canada150

Breakfast, minus the several slices of bacon I ate while I waited for my egg to fry. I tried condensed milk in my coffee because there's a bunch left from Christmas and I heard that was A Thing. It tasted like a hot version of Tim Horton's iced coffee.

I hope I can finish this book today, but it's heavy stuff so I may need more time with it.

Tomorrow I'm gonna reinvent myself as a sensible person who doesn't eat three bowls of trifle in one day.

Tonight, I feast (and read).

A fantastic introduction to the history and current state of indigenous affairs. Thomas King has a tolerance for the unfairness lived by his people. It truly opened my eyes to a new way of thinking.

Can you call it a haul if it's only two books? My Chapters/Indigo order came in!

Yeah, I ordered books despite having a clear need to work through some and #readmyowndamnbooks. #bookhaul

This article reminds me how much I'm looking forward to finally reading this book. I lent it to my mother as soon as I bought it last year, and then she promptly lost it. Several months later she found it, so I look forward to getting it back from her next month when I go back to Canada for a visit!

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/02/canada-reads-contender-thomas-king-how-i-wrote-t...

King's book is funny, accessible, and probably one of the best Native history books, written by a Native (most aren't). The book covers both US and Canadian Indian histories by focusing in on key aspects of history. As he jokes, he doesn't start with Columbus (although he does), he wants to tell a fuller story- how Indians are portrayed in history, in film, in life, and in our language. He does it with a wink, while laying a bunch of facts.

With Canada Day yesterday and July 4th Tuesday and I am still in an education week, I decided on this one for my last education book. I figured it ties the two holidays together and keeps July 4th and Canada Day in perspective. So far, it is funny and historical, a great combo. It was also a Canada Reads selection in the past.

So it's Canada day, and I was in chapters last week and they have box sets out to celebrate 150. These are five of the top ten books chosen. I would not want to be the person in charge of this feat! I've read two of these books ... so far. The inconvenient Indian was one of them and it was a fascinating heartbreaking story of resilience.

Not going downtown today, I think. My son was looking foreward to seeing MiniTFO.

Because I've been bombarded lately with the ridiculousness that is #Canada150 and I kinda feel like handing copies of this book out whenever it comes up. #thoughtprovoking #aprilbookshowers

Finally got a copy of my own. This book should be required reading for every Settler in North America, and certainly for all 11- or 12-graders. So good, so important.

A challenging book, not even as much because of the factual content - the account of the injustices is well known - but rather because of the author's irreverent attitude towards historiography.
His deliberate disregard for the rules of "rational" discourse, "fairness", "objectivity" and "even handedness" is difficult for me to process. I understand what he intends to say, and damn, he puts it eloquently, but still...

I don't recommend a lot of books but this is one I wish I could get everyone to read. I was worried that it might be a difficult read but it is not, it is very accessible and the sarcasm and wit makes it enjoyable. It made for an excellent bookclub discussion and I still find myself thinking about it regularly.

This is something to keep in mind while reading this book. It is by no means an academic work, and the author is extremely unapologetic about it
#history
#nonfiction #nonfictionlove #socialjustice #diverseauthors #diversebooks

I am a newcomer to Canada, about to celebrate my first Thanksgiving here, and I'm reading this. Awkward

#thanksgiving #socialjustice #worsttiming

This was a sobering read, probing at current understanding of a First Nations/Native person's struggle to live their lives in ownership of their selves amd their land. King talks at depth about the political histories of the Natives and how the governments of Canada and US have constantly failed the first nations people. This was an excelle t read and one I recommend to everyone.

It's not always this neat but I do like looking at my shelves.

A cursory review of an extremely large topic

For #somethingforsept #authorsofcolor: These are all books by #IndigenousAuthors from Canada and the US. I'm not even sure this is everything I have tbh but this stack shows a good range of genres: histories, memoirs, narrative fiction, poetry, short stories, plays. A couple of them are by my family and a couple mention my family. #septphotochallenge #nativereads #poc #diversebooks