It's time for a timely and difficult Book Club as we unpack Cherie Dimaline's dystopian YA novel about Indigenous people hunted for  their ability to "dream".  As listener responses confirm, this is an upsetting time to discuss residential schools in Canada, but the book's hopeful (albeit open) ending, the focus on resilience and joy, and the continued survival of Indigenous people helps a great deal.

Plus: what does dreaming actually mean? How do trauma and gender intersect? Why is Canada especially complicit in these kind of appropriative enterprises? And how do we feel about the very traditional YA romance between Frenchie & Rose?

Resources:

• The Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada:  Volume 4
• Thomas Longboat Wikipedia Page
• CBC: Daniel Health Justice "Why Stories Matter Now More Than Ever"

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