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chainsawmochi 's review for:
Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories
by Kathy Lowinger, Eldon Yellowhorn
hopeful
informative
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
Thank you to NetGalley, Eldon Yellowhorn, Kathy Lowinger, and Annick Press for a review copy of this book.
Content Warnings: Colonization, Mentions of Death, Mentions of Child Abuse, and Racism
“Ours to Tell” by Eldon Yellowhorn is a book that collects stories from Indigenous people from the United States and Canada, weaving a historical and emotion triumph of story telling through different mediums. Accompanied by photographs and art, this book offers a much needed and often overlooked peek into the history of Indigenous people through their own stories.
For a historical text aimed at children and young teens, “Ours to Tell” does a nice job of showcasing stories from both the past and present, all with the connecting thread of giving those stories a modern voice. I had assumed, judging from the provided synopses, that “Ours to Tell” would have more stories from the individuals featured in the book. However, it reads very much like a historical textbook that one might find in an elementary or early middle school grade. There is nothing wrong with that, of course, it simply was not what I was expecting.
Overall, I would suggest “Ours to Tell” to anyone interested in the history of storytelling in Indigenous Americans and Canadians.
Content Warnings: Colonization, Mentions of Death, Mentions of Child Abuse, and Racism
“Ours to Tell” by Eldon Yellowhorn is a book that collects stories from Indigenous people from the United States and Canada, weaving a historical and emotion triumph of story telling through different mediums. Accompanied by photographs and art, this book offers a much needed and often overlooked peek into the history of Indigenous people through their own stories.
For a historical text aimed at children and young teens, “Ours to Tell” does a nice job of showcasing stories from both the past and present, all with the connecting thread of giving those stories a modern voice. I had assumed, judging from the provided synopses, that “Ours to Tell” would have more stories from the individuals featured in the book. However, it reads very much like a historical textbook that one might find in an elementary or early middle school grade. There is nothing wrong with that, of course, it simply was not what I was expecting.
Overall, I would suggest “Ours to Tell” to anyone interested in the history of storytelling in Indigenous Americans and Canadians.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Grief