Une brève histoire des barricades-Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

This short, but most interesting book, from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson was eye-opening. Une brève histoire des barricades by the same author as As We Have Always Done presents four stories concerning Amik, the beaver, to explain Indigenous resurgence. As Indigenous stories are meant to generate creative understanding and learning of the surrounding world, their meanings are unique to the listener. However, the author has made this book accessible to non-Indigenous people by adding a chapter to explain the broad knowledge that should be retain from each story. Here are two elements that…