Unsettling Canada

320 pages

English language

Published 2021 by Between the Lines.

ISBN:: 978-1-77113-556-6

(1 review)

A Canadian bestseller and winner of the 2016 Canadian Historical Association Aboriginal History Book Prize, Unsettling Canada is a landmark text built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders. Arthur Manuel (1951-2017) was one of the most forceful advocates for Indigenous title and rights in Canada; Grand Chief Ron Derrickson, one of the most successful Indigenous businessmen in the country. Together, they bring a fresh perspective and bold new ideas to Canada's most glaring piece of unfinished business: the place of Indigenous peoples within the country's political and economic space. This vital second edition features a foreword by award-winning actit Naomi Klein and an all-new chapter co-authored by law professor Nicole Schabus and Manuel's son, Ska7cis, honouring the multi-generational legacy of the Manuel family's work.

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5 stars

Mostly written by Arthur Manuel, told in the first person, about the struggles of First Nations in Canada and the tactics used by the Canadian and Provincial Governments to deny them their land and their rights, even those written into treaties and the Canadian Constitution. This is fairly detailed and a must read for white people to understand what is being done, ostensibly in their names, but mostly for the benefit of resource companies or "developers".

It also expresses his disappointment that some Nations have made concessions that he feels are harmful in the long run, though also that he understands that they made them with their backs to the wall through poverty.