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September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a day which recognizes the atrocities and multigenerational effects of residential school, that the forceful assimilation of Indigenous communities is cultural genocide.
Today, I'll be starting this memoir about the Metis author's harrowing young life as an Indigenous person in Canada. 🧡

I'm not obtuse to the statistics surrounding missing indigenous women. Based on what became viral request for police to actively search for the letter writer should she go missing if effort to not become a statistic herself is powerful! This is a very quick read with a glossary for additional resources and information.

Meant to post about this in June...Yikes! It's already almost August.

Just wanted to post about this 100 year anniversary.

The Indigenous people in the U.S.A. were not considered American citizens until June 1924.

The “Americas“ (as in both continents) had a beautiful landscape, occupied by numerous tribes for millennia.👇

I maybe made a mistake in listening to the audio. Maria herself read it, but she has a very monotone voice. I thought that I was still able to focus in the first half or so of the book, but I did miss things as the book continued, and I suspect I missed more earlier in the book than I originally thought

Graphic novel - highlights the open letter that Indigenous teen Brianna Jonnie wrote to Winnipeg Police Force. Original letter included at the end. Effectively makes point that many other missing teens receive immediate attention from police, media, and public. She applauds that attention; she recognizes how necessary it is. But I could feel her pain that Indigenous women do not receive the same treatment, and are actually negatively labeled.

Poignant and impactful. “If I Go Missing” is the graphic novelization of Brianna Jonnie‘s 2016 letter to the Winnipeg Chief of Police pointing out that “missing indigenous girls are not afforded the same courtesies” as other missing persons. At the age of fourteen, Brianna taught us how each of the missing are to be honored by law enforcement and the media in order to afford each individual the dignity they deserve. 5⭐️for a powerful message.

In 2016, at the age of 14, Brianna Jonnie sent a letter to Winnipeg Police Service imploring them to do a better job investigating missing persons cases of Indigenous people, particularly women and girls. This book takes words from her letter and adds art depicting the images evoked by Jonnie‘s letter. ⬇️
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Intro - My Alma Mater

Encountering a Revered Author

A Concise History of Wales by Geraint H. Jenkins

Storying Violence: Unravelling Colonial Narratives in the Stanley Trial by Gina Starblanket and Dallas Hunt

This isn‘t the sort of book you like but it‘s the sort of book you value. A startling memoir of Maria‘s life as a Métis woman in the 40s-70s, it was raw and emotional and difficult but ultimately, inspiring with the addition of a new afterward in 2019. An important read on my path to better understanding the Indigenous experience in Canada.

Audio 1/3 for #JoyousJanuary