Truth Before Reconciliation Book Talk
Niigaan Sinclair and Sean Carleton Confront Residential School Denialism in New Book
Warrior Life Podcast with host Pam Palmater
In episode #186, Dr. Niigaan Sinclair and Dr. Sean Carleton discuss their new edited collection, Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, published by the University of Manitoba Press. The collection features chapters by Indigenous residential school survivors, activists, and others who share their knowledge, expertise, insights, and lived experiences in relation to residential schools and the rise of denialism.
Niigaan Sinclair is an Anishinaabe, award-winning author, media commentator, and professor from Peguis First Nation. He teaches at the UofM in the Dept. of Indigenous Studies. Niigaan is also an award-winning columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/biographies/niigaan-sinclair
Sean Carleton also teaches History and Indigenous Studies at the UofM and confronts denialism in his academic, media, and published works. You can check out his other published works on his website:
You can buy their new book, Truth Before Reconciliation, here:
UofM Press: https://uofmpress.ca/books/truth-before-reconciliation
Amazon: https://link.amazon/B054ehwMD
Here is the link to the organization to which they have donated all the proceeds from their book:
Indian Residential School Survivors Society: https://www.irsss.ca/
You can also check out Niigaan’s previous best-selling book, Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre, published by McClelland & Stewart, here:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/673193/winipek-by-niigaan-sinclair/9780771099175
Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0drvZMsT
You can also check out Sean’s previous best-selling book, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance, published by Between the Lines, which he co-authored with Ellen Gabriel, here:
Between the Lines: https://btlbooks.com/book/when-the-pine-needles-fall
Amazon: https://link.amazon/B01I7wOo7
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