At the beginning of 2023, I set an intention only to read works by Indigenous authors.
I’m not sure why it didn’t occur to me to do this earlier. It was most likely the many years of acculturation I experienced and continue to experience as an Indigenous person– a lifetime of cumulative pain and shame I’m working to strip myself of. And it was by reading these books that I realized I have a ways to go in my self-awareness and healing journey.
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