Ep 21: Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Episode Summary

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we celebrate Indigenous authors and creators through discussing written and spoken Indigenous works. In the episode, we discuss There There, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Telling our Twisted Histories, and much more!

TW: This episode mentions the following topics - abuse, alcoholism, sexual abuse

Show notes

Aaron Rodgers Joins The Pat McAfee Show for his book club: Episode Sept 28, 2021 (YouTube) minute 40:00

The Aaron Rodgers Book Club list on Goodreads! 

Lauren’s Picks

There There by Tommy Orange (link)

“When Native American Activists Occupied Alcatraz Island” on History.com 

“How the US stole thousands of Native American children” on Vox

Jamie’s Pick

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (book)

Other items mentioned by Jamie: 

The Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (book)

Wind River (movie)

Lisa’s Pick:

Telling Our Twisted Histories (podcast)(upper)

Young and Indigenous (podcast)(lower)

https://www.ipl.org/div/natam/ - online search tool for Native American authors (by name or tribe) and book titles by Native American authors

Native-Land.ca - website that shows Native territory tapestry