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Introduction
The establishment of the 21stcentury in Canada has observed an inspirational wave of
Indigenous self-determination, dominions as well as revitalization efforts. These
determinations have further spanned initiatives in order to regain land and traditional territory
to stimulate Indigenous languages (Mackey, 2016). Nevertheless, it shows great enthusiasm
and inclination to obtain knowledge from Indigenous leaders who have returned to territory
and has established Indigenous language-learning communities. The book named “Read,
Listen, Tell” Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island and edited by Sophie McCall, Deanna
Reder, David Gaertner and Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill has offered an astonishing and
unusual array of Indigenous narrations from all across the Turtle Island located in North
America (McCall et al., 2017). The book comprises of short fiction to as-told-to stories and
exemplified stories to individual essays. These wide-ranging narrations have distinguished
the enormousness of heritage along with the vigour of innovation. The thesis statement of the
essay is “the stories in Read, Listen, Tell are magnificent in insights and courageous in
execution which has pronounced the diversity, essentiality and depth of Indigenous writing.”
Discussion
The book has expanded from amusing and comical to triumphant whereby the stories
have illustrated key ideas in the Indigenous literary expressions associated with relations
between land, language and community along with a range of narrative forms in addition to
continuities between oral as well as documented forms of expression. The book has been
considered as a scholarly one which has successfully constructed itself on nearly two decades
of academic work for recognizing Indigenous knowledge as well as standpoints. Kastensmidt
(2015) while evaluating the book has found that it has altered its fictional approaches while
showing reverence and admiration towards Indigenous historical accounts and individuals
belonging to these communities. Furthermore, it comprises of narrations written by

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celebrated writers namely, Thomas King, Eden Robinson and Paula Gunn Allen as well as
Sherman Alexie. According to Mackey (2016), these writers belong to the latest generation of
evolving authors and novelists who have frequently been debarred from the norm like French
and Spanish-language Indigenous authors.
The primary reason behind selecting this book is that if offers an exceptional
collection and is extremely insightful with skilful presentation. It can be considered as an
imperative piece of work which has offered comprehensive narrations in Indigenous written,
oral as well as realistic traditions which successfully expands the thinking. The primary
benefits of this book is that it has exposed the personal experiences of the editors in the form
of two vital settler scholars who have been amalgamated by a credence in the transformative
prospective of narrations. In the view of Fee (2015), their expertise and genuine earnestness
has successfully permeated the collection. According to Hunt and Stevenson (2017), the
prioritizing of Indigenous opinions and perceptions has been effective in materializing partly
through the structure of the book. The themes have been justifiably arranged in the book
primarily been grounded on Indigenous studies such as land, homeland, in addition to story
cycles or on the basis of genre linked to Indigenous fantasy.
In the view of Kuwada and Yamashiro (2016), the book has made a symbolic use of
land, homeland and territory which serves as vital entity for the Indigenous communities and
their cultural legacy. It has drawn relevance to the historical accounts asserting that prior to
colonization; Aboriginal people used to travel in four prime directions devoid of any
opposing borders or immigration administrators and without making any authorizations to
their identities (Jacob, Cheng & Porter, 2015). Thus, to them, land and territory have been
perceived as human linkages with the land as homeland and territory. Such an intriguing
theme as per the opinion of scholars would facilitate the pathway of Indigenous education in
engaging into critical thinking and attaining global citizenship expertise to encounter the idea