okanagan online book club
21 Things you may not know about the indian act
by bob joseph
October, 2020: Okanagan Online Book Club
Please join us for the first book of Okanagan Online Book Club’s Fall/Winter 2020/21 Season. For the next six months, we will be reading books by Indigenous authors. The first book is 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph. Joseph is part of Gayaxala clan, of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation. After this introduction, we will be reading books primarily by Syilx authors of the Okanagan Nation.
To order the book click here. Follow the links below for more information about the book and author, Bob Jospeh:
upcoming books & schedule
- January 21, 2021: Write it On Your Heart by Harry Robinson
- February 18, 2021: Slash by Jeannette Armstrong
- March 18, 2021: The Women in the Trees by Gerry William
- April 13, 2021: Glass Beads by Sandra Lynn Lynxleg
- May 15 , 2021: Calling My Spirit Back by Elaine Alec
All are welcome to join the Okanagan Online Book Club!
To join, simply Contact Us with Join Book Club in the subject heading.
GVMA staff is in the process of Cultural Safety Training with respected Syilx Elders, Christina Marchand and Eric Mitchell, of the Okanagan Nation.
Marchand and Mitchell have dedicated their life’s work to educating non-Indigenous people about the impacts of racism and intergenerational trauma to begin the process of working toward reconciliation and future collaboration.
To foster further understanding of the history and culture of the Syilx People, the Okanagan Online Book Club will focus on books authored by and about Indigenous Syilx People of the Okanagan.
When you join the Okanagan Book Club, we’ll send you a link to an online meeting that you can join for free. Discussion questions, book reviews, and author interviews will be linked to from each book’s Okanagan Book Club page.
All are welcome to join the Okanagan Online Book Club!
To join, simply Contact Us with Join Book Club in the subject heading.
WE RESPECTFULLY ACKNOWLEDGe
Greater Vernon Museum & Archives is located on the Ancestral, Traditional and Unceded Territory of the Okanagan Nation and the Syilx People.