Indigenous Peoples In Thomas King's Green Grass Running Water

In Thomas King’s novel, Green Grass Running Water, one of the most important messages is the need to accurately tell Indigenous Peoples’ history and the importance of fixing problems plaguing them. Throughout the story, it is metaphorically referred to as “fixing up this world,” by the four elders. In their quest to fix the world, a creation story is retold many times until they are able to get it right, showing the need to accurately represent Indigenous history. The two articles mentioned Canadians acknowledging the treatment of Indigenous Peoples since confederation: residential schools, the Indian Act, broken treaties, schools in certain parts of Canada teaching the history of Indigenous Peoples and The Canadian Museum of History updating