Jeff Barnaby rocked our world again and educated us about the horrors indigenous people face in Canada. It follows the story of teenager Aila as she navigates a complicated native world that is actively being “reformed.” Traumas include accidental deaths, suicide, incarceration, Indian agents, and forced residential school abuses.
Sources in our Episode:
Rhymes for Young Ghouls’ and the Legacy of Residential Schools
Muskrat Magazine
Unsettling the Settler Within Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling and Reconciliation
Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous Foundations
Canada’s Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure, in Poignant School Photos
Ways to help:
Indigenous Works
National Voice for Communities in the Canadian Arctic
Native Land Disclaimer
Assembly of First Nations
Native Womens Association of Canada
Legacy of Hope
