Bibliography & Reading List on Decolonization, Indigeneity, Resurgence, and Reconciliation

Truth & Reconciliation

Asch, Michael. “Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

Borrows, John. ““Earth-Bound: Indigenous Resurgence and Environmental Reconciliation,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

Coulthard, Glen Sean. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition. Indigenous Americas. Minneapolis, Min..: U Minnesota Press, 2014.

Craft, Aimée, ed. Pathways of Reconciliation. Winnipeg: U Manitoba Press, 2020.

Gilio-Whitaker, Dina, and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. All the Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths. Boston: Beacon Press, 2016.

Hilton, Carol Anne. Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table.  Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2021.

Joseph, Bob. 21 Things You May Not Known about the Indian Act. Port Coquitlam, BC: Indigenous Relations Press, 2018.

Joseph, Bob, and Cynthia F. Joseph. Indigenous Relations. Port Coquitlam, BC: Indigenous Relations Press, 2019.

Ladner, Kiera. “Proceed with Caution: Reflections on Resurgence and Reconciliation,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

Metcalfe-Chenaile, ed. In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation. Victoria, BC: Brindle & Glass, 2016

Mills, Aaron. “Rooted Constitutionalism: Growing Political Community,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

M’Lot, Christine and Katharine Adamov Ferguson, eds. Resurgence: Engaging with Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions in and beyond the Classroom. Winnipeg, Man.: Portage & Main Press, 2022.

Noble, Brian. “Treaty Ecologies: With persons, Peoples, Animals, and the Land,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

Regan, Paulette. “Reconciliation and Resurgence: Reflections on the TRC Final Report,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

Starblanket, Gina, and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark. “Towards a Relational Paradigm – Four points for consideration: knowledge, gender, land, and modernity,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

Toulouse, Pamela Rose. Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools. Winnipeg, Man.: Portage & Main Press, 2018.

Tully, James. “Reconciliation Here on Earth,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

Turner, Nancy J. and Pamela Spalding. “Learning from the Earth, Leaning from Each Other: Ethnoecology, Responsibility, and Reciprocity,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018.

For other Canadian electronic and print resources on reconciliation, please check out:

• the Reconciliation Toolkit section on the Anglican Church of Canada’s website.
• The resources section on the Settlers Take Action page of the OneCanada Project.

Decolonizing Christian Theology

Budden, Chris. Following Jesus in Invaded Space. Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock, 2009.

Charles, Mark, and Soong-Chan Rah. Unsettling Truths. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2019.

Curtice, Katilin B. Native. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 2020.

Harper, Lisa Sharon. The Very Good Gospel. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Brookwater Press, 2016.

Kidwell, Clara Sue, Homer Noley, and George E. ‘Tink’ Tinker. A Native American Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001.

Kim-Cragg, Hyeran. “The Power and Practise of Indigenous Christian Rituals and Ceremonies. Honouring the Declaration, ed. Don L. Schweitzer and Paul L. Gareau. Regina, Sask.: U Regina Press, 2021.

McNeil, Brenda Salter. Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2020.

Schweitzer, Don, and Paul L. Gareau, eds. Honouring the Declaration: Church Commitments to Reconciliation and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. Regina, Sask.: U Regina Press, 2021.

Twiss, Richard. Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys. Downers Grove, Illl.: InterVarsity Press, 2015.

Woodley, Randy. “The Harmony Way:” Integrating Indigenous Values Within Native North American Theology and Mission” (2010). Faculty Publications – Portland Seminary. 72. https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gfes/72

—–. Shalom and the Community of Creation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2012.

—-. Becoming Rooted. Minneapolis, Minn.: Broadleaf Press, 2022.

—-. Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 2022.

Books for Children

Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, et al. This Place: 150 Years Retold. Winnipeg, Man.: Highwater Press, 2019.

Bearhead, Charlene. Siha Tooskin Knows…. [Series]. Winnipeg, Man.: Highwater Press, 2020.

Campbell, Nicola I. Stand like a Cedar. Winnipeg, Man.: Portage & Main Press, 2020.

Prince, Leona. Be a Good Ancestor. Victoria, BC: Orca Books, 2022.

Smith, Monique Gray, with Anishinaabe translation by Angela Mesic and Margaret Noodin. My Heart Fills with Happiness / Nijiikendam. Victoria, BC: Orca Books, 2021.

Vermette, Katherena. Amik Loves School. Winnipeg, Man.: Highwater Press, 2015.

Indigenous Experiences, Culture, and Memoir

Atleo, E. Richard (Umeek). Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004.

—–. Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012.

Antonich, Brenda. The 7 Clans of the Anishisinaabe. Self-published, Brenda Antonich, 2013.

Bohaker, Heidi. Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance Through Alliance. Toronto: U Toronto Press (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History), 2020.

Constitution of the Iroquois Nations. New York: Krill Press, 2015.

Davidson, Sara Florence and Robert Davidson. Potlatch as Pedagogy. Winnipeg, Man.: Portage & Main Press, 2018.

Deloria, Vine, Jr. God is Red. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1973.

—-. Spirit and Reason: The Vine Deloria, Jr. Reader, ed. Barbara Deloria, Kristen Foehner, and Samuel Scina. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum Press, 1999.

—-. The World We Used to Live In. Wheat Ridge, Colo.: Fulcrum Books, 2006.

Fagan, Kristna. “Teasing, Tolerating, Teaching,” in Me Funny, ed. Drew Hayden Taylor. Vancouver, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2005.

Fiola, Chantal. Rekindling the Sacred Fire. Winnipeg, Man.: U Manitoba Press, 2015.

—-. Returning to Ceremony: Spirituality in Manitoba Métis. Winnipeg, Man.: U Manitoba Press, 2021.

Garrett, JT. And Michael Tlanusta Garrett. The Cherokee Full Circle. Rochester, Ver.: Bear & Company, 2002.

Gehl, Lynn. Claiming Anishinaabe. Regina, Sask.: U Regina Press, 2017.

Good Feather, Doug. Think Indigenous. Carlsbad, Calif: Hay House, 2021.

Johnson, Jon. “The Indigenous Environmental History of Toronto, the meeting place.” Chapter 4 in Urban Explorations: Environmental Histories of the Toronto Region, ed. L. Anders Sandberg, Stephen Bocking, and Ken Cruikshank. Hamilton, Ont.: L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History, McMaster University, 2013.

Johnston, Basil. Ojibway Heritage. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976.

Justice, Daniel Heath. Why Indigenous Literatures Matter. Waterloo, ON: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2018.

Kelly, Don. “And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Get Ready for Some (Ab)Original Stand-Up Comedy,” in Me Funny, ed. Drew Hayden Taylor. Vancouver, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2005.

Kelly-Gangi, Carol, ed. Native Wisdom. New York: Fall River Press, 2021.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Gathering Moss. Corvalis, Oreg.: Oregon State University Press, 2003.

—-. Braiding Sweetgrass. Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions, 2013.

LaPointe, Sasha taqʷšəblu. Red Paint. New York: Catapult, 2022.

National Museum of the American Indian. Haudenosaunee Guide for Educators. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 2009.

Powless, Irving. Who Are These People Anyway? Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2016.

Robertson, David A. Black Water. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2020.

Schofield, Gregory. Thunder through my Veins. Toronto : HarperFlamingoCanada, 1999.

Seesequasis, Paul. Blanket Toss under Midnight Sun [photo essays]. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2019.

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake. Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back. Winnipeg, Man.: Arbeiter Ring, 2011.

—–. The Gift is in the Making. Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press, 2013.

—–. As We Have Always Done. Minneapolis, Minn.: U Minnesota Press, 2017.

Strong, Amanda. Four Faces of the Moon. Toronto: Annick Press, 2021.

Taylor, Drew Hauden, ed. Me Funny. Vancouver, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2005.

—–. Me Sexy. Madeira Park, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2012.

Townsend, Camilia. Fifth Sun. London: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Treuer, Anton. The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World. St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2021.

Wagamese, Richard. One Story, One Song. Madeira Park, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2011.

—–. Embers. Madeira Park, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2016.

—–. One Drum. Madeira Park, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2019.

Whitehead, Joshua. Making Love with the Land. Minneapolis, Minn: U Minnesota Press, 2022.

North American Indigenous Fiction & Poetry (for YA and Adults)

Alexie, Sherman. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. New York: Grove Press, 2003 [orig. pub. 1993].

Beardslee, Lois. Words like Thunder : New and used Anishinaabe prayers. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 2020.

Boyden, Joseph. Wenjack. Toronto: Penguin RandomHouse Canada, 2016.

Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves. Toronto: DCB, 2017.

Isaac, Brian Thomas. All The Quiet Places. Victoria, BC: Touchwood Editions, 2021.

Little Badger, Darcie. Elatsoe. New York: Montclair, 2020.

Robertson, David A. Strangers. Winnipeg, Man.: HighWater press, 2017.

—–. The Barren Grounds. Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books of Northern New York, 2020.

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake. Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies. Minneapolis, Minn.: U Minnesota Press, 2021.

Taylor, Drew Hayden. Motorcycles and Sweetgrass. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2010.

—–. Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories. Ed. Shirarose Wilensky. Madeira Park, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2016.

Wagamese, Richard. Ragged Company. Toronto: Anchor Canada, 2009.

—–. Medicine Walk. Minneapolis, Minn.: Milweed Editions, 2015.

—–. Indian Horse. Minneapolis, Minn.: Milweed Editions, 2018.

Whitehead, Joshua. Jonny Appleseed. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018.

—–, ed. Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020.