Parishes to Build Understanding Ahead of The National Indigenous Day of Prayer

Parishes of the Diocese of Edmonton observe The National Indigenous Day of Prayer on the Sunday before or after June 21.  The Anglican Church of Canada provides these liturgical resources for parish use.

You can also find many resources in the Indigenous Ministries section of the diocesan website. 

Fiona Brownlee, Aboriginal and Rural Churches Liaison, Diocese of Edmonton, has prepared the following bibliography to further our understanding of reconciliation:

• Land Acknowledgements
• The full Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action  
• UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights
• KAIROS Blanket Exercise - an exercise that covers the history of Turtle Island from European contact to more recent history
• First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
• Seven Fallen Feathers, Tanya Talaga
• All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Tanya Talaga
• Children of the Broken Treaty, Charlie Angus  
• 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, Bob Joseph
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of the Plains, Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Spirituality and Memoir 

• Embers: One Ojiway’s Meditations, Richard Wagamese
• Native: Identity, Belonging and Rediscovering God, Kaitlin B. Curtice
• Calling My Spirit Back, Elaine Alec  
• The Reason You Walk, Wab Kinew  
• Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising, Brandi Morin  

For Children

• Secret Path, Gord Downie & Jeff Lemire (this graphic novel is suitable for anyone 12 years and older)
• Phyllis’s Orange Shirt, Phyllis Webstad (picture book for ages 3 to 8)
• I am not a Number, Jenny Kay Dupuis (picture book for ages 8 and up)
• Stolen Words, Melanie Florence (picture book for ages 4 to 8)

Extensive List by CBC Books