"Adam Beach is the star of the hit CBC series Arctic Air. He plays Bobby Martin, the son of a legendary Dene bush pilot, who finds his share of drama in Yellowknife as he tries to learn the ropes of the airline business.

Beach spoke to SCENE about the book that inspired him to look more closely at his own Ojibway roots.

What is the one book you think everyone should read?

In The Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen. It gives an example of reservation life and struggles. In The Spirit of Crazy Horse instilled my native identity. And what I am going to do to stand up for myself.

What do I know about myself? What do I know about being Anishinabe? It's about my own spiritual justice, my own spiritual traditional connection. Why don't I know about this? Who is this? Who am I? It just opened those questions of looking at my internal self."

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Adam Beach inspired after reading "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" (CBC 1/8)