Reviews

Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player by Fred Sasakamoose

lawrenrc's review

emotional hopeful slow-paced

2.75

trentl14's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

andreaah's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

isabellemb's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

dezeagle's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

chatnoir27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

hammy4ever's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

thestarrfish's review

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed reading this book. Sasakamoose’s story showed a lot about both his life and story but also about how first nations people’s history has been shaped throughout history.

lilgoblin666's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

colindac's review

5.0

I loved this book so much, in audiobook so I could listen to Willy Littlechild. There are some scenes when Sasakamoose talks about experiences of racism and being called terrible names, and he doesn't repeat them. This was so powerful, moreso than repeating the names that many of us just don't need to hear again. And has left me reflecting on work we are doing around deselection of classroom texts, and many debates, sometimes heated, over whether or not a book with certain words should be a mandatory text. Here, in a book not specifically geared towards YA, Sasakamoose is clear there's no need to repeat those names. Gifts of the Elders.

I bought a hardcopy for my dad who loves hockey.