As part of Reading Room, our look at the books currently entertaining and enlightening the people in the pages of techlife, James Ahnassay made selections of his own. Here are two picks from the chief of the Dene Tha’ First Nation, along with the reasons he spends his spare time on them.

1491. New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann
pp. 541

I am very interested in learning as much as I can through reading about the Nations of the Americas.  It is my hope that I will use what I learn to enlighten young people about the history of the Peoples of the Americas as independent peoples before the great interference.

The Speed of Trust
by Stephen M.R. Covey and Rebecca R. Merrill
pp. 358

My other interest is in learning about contemporary methods of building meaningful political and business relations with governments and industry members in order to tap into economic development opportunities for Dene Tha’.