Today is National Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. It's a day to honour survivors of residential 'schools' and the thousands of Indigenous children who did not survive the genocide. For me, the best song to grapple with these horrors is Buffy Sainte-Marie's 2017 version of My Country ‘Tis of Thy People You’re Dying, released on her album "Medicine Songs". The 2017 version contains revised lyrics that focus on events north of the 49th parallel, not to mention Buffy's beautifully deepened (she would say 'ripened') singing voice. Until last year, when ground-penetrating radar uncovered over 200 potential burial sites near a former Kamloops BC residential 'school', most Canadians knew nothing about the decades-long church-run and government-funded practice of taking Indigenous children from their homes and subjecting them to physical and sexual abuse, malnutrition, and indoctrination designed to “kill the Indian in the child.” Now that most of us are aware, there is a new generation of Indigenous singer/songwriters, such as Jeremy Dutcher, PIQSIQ, and Snotty Nose Rez Kids, who will make sure that we each continue to learn the truth, unlearn our racism, and do our part to enact sincere reconciliation. As the Kids write on their newest release, I'M GOOD, "And since we talkin' truthfully, don't miss the opportunity / To really be for real and tell the truth to your community".