Not only do I feel like he gave me a big chunk of Native history in North America but he did it in a way that wasn’t just listing facts. I’m not sure if it was because he was hilarious and sarcastic throughout the entire book or if I am growing up. One, it made me realize that I don’t hate reading history anymore like I used to. So I started with a book called The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King.
A big part of that for me at least is reading. So I’m trying to overcome that and at the very least become more aware of the surrounding issues, especially the ones in my backyard. So as the #IdleNoMore movement took off and I started reading, listening and better understanding the issues I realized I fit the stereotype of the ignorant white man who just wanted to kind of keep to himself (or at least his own race) and ignore whatever my ancestors did. The most experience I had with First Nations was going for $2.99 breakfast at the Chipican Hotel. My knowledge of First Nations history, my own history and the political nature of colonialism is also very limited. Just so you know my level of knowledge going into this book, I had to look up the spelling of all three of those and I wasn’t sure about the names of two of them. There is a number of First Nations reserves all around Sarnia including Aamjiwnaang, Chippewas and Bkejwanong.
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