STARs
Seeking Truth, Anti-Racism and Reconciliation
At Oak Bay United, STARs (we add the “s” because we are all STARs!) is committed to learning about the complicated truths of our shared history with indigenous and other racialized people in our community and to finding ways to help each other and our larger church community to take positive steps toward reconciliation.
BOOK STUDIES
Books We’ve Read Together
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Five Little Indians – Michelle Good
From the Ashes – Jesse Thistle
The Reason You Walk – Wab Kinew
The Truth About Stories – Thomas King
To Share Not Surrender – Peter Cook et. al
A Selection of Other Books We’ve Found Helpful:
Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmer
Highway of Tears – Jessica McDiarmid
Indigenous Relations – Bob Joseph with Cynthia F Joseph
Medicine Walk – Richard Wagamese
Namwayut – Chief Robert Joseph
Permanent Astonishment – Tomson Highway
The Other Side of the River – Alf Dumont
Seven Fallen Feathers – Tanya Talaga
They Called Me Number One – Bev Sellars
True Reconciliation – Jody Raybould- Wilson
And so many more!
A FEW OTHER RESOURCES
Indigenous Canada – free online course
Raven – many resources including online courses
First Voices – indigenous languages including SENĆOŦEN (Lekwungen is a dialect of SENĆOŦEN)
Local: