Hi there! November is Native American Heritage Month and I have two stellar recs. The first is #NotYourPrincess, a selection of poems, interviews, essays, and visual art by many Native American women, edited by Lisa Charleyboy (@urbannativegirl) and Mary Beth Leatherdale (@mbleatherdale). (1/2)
They wanted a princess… I came with claws and candy-colored hair
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#PinkHairedRebel #DarkFairytale #ChaosQueen #CandyClaws #NotYourPrincess #BrattyVibes #EdgyAesthetic #SinfulCharm #GamerBratEnergy #CurveTease #MischiefManaged #ThickAndThriving #QueenOfChaos #SpoiledAndSinful
Image Description: The book cover of Richard Wagamese's Medicine Walk is seen.
Image Description: The book cover of Katherena Vermette's The Break is seen.
Image Description: The book cover of the ##NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women anthology is seen.
Image Description: The book cover of Terese Marie Mailhot's Heart Berries is seen.
I read these gems more than a couple of years ago, but here are my 4 favourite books from Indigenous writers:
- Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
- The Break by Katherena Vermette
- the #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women anthology
- Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
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We all have race bias. [...] We look at people and we notice if they look like us or are different from us and then we start to treat the people that look like us better. It is a huge weakness of human beings.”Janet Smylie (Cree/Métis), from #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women,
