Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
★"Smith's book is an effort that returns, offering diverse voices that invite the world into the reconciliation experience. Absolutely necessary.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Canada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families. Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of Survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action.
Praise for Speaking Our Truth:
★"Smith thoroughly and compassionately examines the history and traumatic aftereffects of Canada's residential schools…Smith informs without overwhelming or sugarcoating, and she emphasizes the power readers themselves possess.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★"Despite the somber topic, Smith consistently empowers readers to be agents of change and provides specific suggestions to take action."—School Library Journal, starred review
★"Offers a perfect framework for readers actively exploring Indigenous history and current issues. Welcoming, honest, and down to earth, Speaking Our Truth is the tool many Canadians have been waiting for."—Quill & Quire, starred review
Monique Gray Smith
Monique Gray Smith is a mixed-heritage woman of Cree, Lakota and Scottish ancestry and a proud mom of twins. Monique is an accomplished consultant, writer and international speaker. Her first novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, won the 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature. Her books for young readers include When We Are Kind, You Hold Me Up, Speaking Our Truth and My Heart Fills With Happiness, which won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize. Monique and her family are blessed to live on Lekwungen territory in Victoria, British Columbia.
Read more from Monique Gray Smith
My Heart Fills with Happiness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Heart Fills With Happiness / Mi corazón se llena de alegría Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou Hold Me Up / Tú me sostienes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou Hold Me Up / Gimanaadenim Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Speaking Our Truth
Related ebooks
Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Issues in Canada Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTruth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5St. Michael's Residential School: Lament & Legacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndigenous Relations: Insights, Tips & Suggestions to Make Reconciliation a Reality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVictims of Benevolence: The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good, the Bad and the Innocent: The Tragic Reality Behind Residential Schools Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Name Is Seepeetza: 30th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wawahte: Subject: Canadian Indian Residential Schools Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNot My Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Resurgence: Engaging With Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll Our Relations US Edition: Finding the Path Forward Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5They Called Me Number One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fatty Legs (10th anniversary edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black Apple Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stranger At Home: A True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Say We Are Nations: Documents of Politics and Protest in Indigenous America since 1887 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Five Little Indians: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hope Matters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Calling My Spirit Back Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Song of Batoche Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRead, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Children's For You
Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pete the Kitty Goes to the Doctor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cedric The Shark Get's Toothache: Bedtime Stories For Children, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little House on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret Garden: The 100th Anniversary Edition with Tasha Tudor Art and Bonus Materials Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Into the Wild: Warriors #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoraline Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5House of Many Ways Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alice In Wonderland: The Original 1865 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Lewis Carroll Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoraline 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School for Good and Evil: Now a Netflix Originals Movie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Phantom Tollbooth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Island of the Blue Dolphins: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Atlas Shrugged SparkNotes Literature Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmari and the Night Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Is Rising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tikki Tikki Tembo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Write A Children’s Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bridge to Terabithia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Graveyard Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Shadow Is Purple Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Out of My Heart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Speaking Our Truth
8 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5With Raven by her side, Monique Gray Smith takes students on a very personal journey of reconciliation. Guided by honesty, love and kindness, Gray Smith starts with the truth of Canada’s collective history. A history that, for Indigenous people, includes colonization, the Indian Act, residential schools and other attempts at cultural genocide. She addresses the intergenerational trauma experienced by seven generations of residential school survivors. She covers the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and gives advice on how students can take the first steps towards reconciliation by becoming an ally to Indigenous People. Gray Smith includes helpful links for further research, but it is the sharing of traditional Indigenous knowledge that leaves the reader feeling honoured to have been invited on the journey.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an important book -- it explains a lot of challenging concepts and explores the hard truths of North American history in a way that is accessible and understandable to young readers. It's also a kind, thoughtful, challenging roadmap of the work we need to do as a species to do better in the future. While it is written about Canadian residential schools, it definitely transfers to the US as well.