Her fictional account of five residential school survivors includes so much of the abuse and racism inherent in this system, as well as the pervasive after-effects on these individuals as they try and navigate life after residential school-having been disconnected from their culture, families, and histories, and with no support provided for their transition into society.īut Good’s book is also filled with compassion. So many of these texts understandably include topics that can be upsetting, given the experiences of many Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island. As preparation for a novel study unit I do with my grade 12 English classes, I’d been reading as much literature written by Indigenous Peoples as I could, trying to find a novel that I thought would resonate with students, and also prompt in-depth discussions about First People’s Principles of Learning, Indigenous experiences, and non-Indigenous people’s interactions with and treatment of Indigenous Peoples.
Good is of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation. One of those books is Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. A handful of books really impacted me in 2020.
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