Truth Before Reconciliation

Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter’s/Little Peguis) and a professor at the University of Manitoba where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics in the Department of Indigenous Studies. Niigaan is also an award-winning writer, editor, and activist who was named to the “Power List” in 2022 by Maclean’s magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada.
Sean Carleton is a settler historian and associate professor in the departments of History and Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba. His award-winning research examines the history and political economy of schooling and settler capitalism in Canada.

Introduction, by Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair
Chapter 1. What is Residential School Denialism? by the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools
Chapter 2. Why Truth-Telling Matters: A Survivor’s Perspective: An Interview with Phyllis Webstad
Chapter 3. Orange Shirt Day Hangover: Municipalities, Indigenous Historians, and the Long History of Denialism, by Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Chapter 4. Identifying the Techniques of Settler Colonial Genocide Denialism, by Andrew Woolford
Chapter 5. Debunking the “Mass Grave Hoax” Conspiracy Theory, by Reid Gerbrandt and Sean Carleton
Chapter 6. Exposing Residential School Denialism’s Transnational Network, by Sean Carleton, Alan Lester, Adele Perry, Omeasoo Wahpasiw
Chapter 7. Residential School Denialism Should be a Crime, by Michelle Good
Chapter 8. Protecting Survivors from Residential School Denialism: An Interview with Leah Gazan
Chapter 9. What we Choose to Forget: Residential School Denialism and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives, by Raymond Frogner
Chapter 10. The Role of Archeology in Residential School Searches, by Andrew Martindale
Chapter 11. Confronting Residential School Denialism in Canadian Classrooms, by Lindsay Gibson and James Miles
Chapter 12. Sites of Remembrance: The Role of Public History and Commemoration in Challenging Denialism: An Interview with Krista McKracken, Jackson Pind, Erin Millions, and Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey
Chapter 13. Taking Care of Community: A Conversation with Members of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials: An Interview with Barb Cameron, Crystal Gail Fraser, and Kisha Supernant
Chapter 14: Fighting Denialism and Standing Up for the Truth: An Interview with Kimberly Murray