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Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Tanya Talaga
Friday, July 18, 2025
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Native Bookshelf: ‘The Knowing’ by Tanya Talaga
Indigenous peoples of Canada know of the horrors generations of children were forced to endure in residential schools even though records and physical proof are hard to come by.

They know from the stories passed down and the traumas they witnessed. “The Knowing: How the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples Continues to Echo Today” is the newest book from Anishinaabe journalist and best-selling author Tanya Talaga.

'The Knowing: How the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples Continues to Echo Today'
‘The Knowing: How the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples Continues to Echo Today‘ by Tanya Talaga (Hanover Square Press 2025)

In the book, Talaga takes readers on a journey through scattered residential school records — and their many dead ends — to find Annie, a long-lost relative. Her story weaves together her personal quest with Canadian history, providing readers with a better understanding of how racism, greed, misplaced religious intent, and government policy played into Canada’s unforgivable treatment of Indigenous children.

But Talaga also celebrates the triumph of healing and the growing momentum to demand justice, acknowledgement, and real reconciliation.

“The Knowing” is on the Native Bookshelf for Native America Calling.

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