Unsettling Canada : a national wake-up call

As The Son Of George Manuel, Who Served As President Of The National Indian Brotherhood And Founded The World Council Of Indigenous Peoples In The 1970s, Arthur Manuel Was Born Into The Struggle. From His Unique And Personal Perspective, As A Secwepemc Leader And An Indigenous Activist Who Has Played A Prominent Role On The International Stage, Arthur Manuel Describes The Victories And Failures, The Hopes And The Fears Of A Generation Of Activists Fighting For Aboriginal Title And Rights In Canada. Unsettling Canada Chronicles The Modern Struggle For Indigenous Rights Covering Fifty Years Of Struggle Over A Wide Range Of Historical, National, And Recent International Breakthroughs. The Lay Of The Land -- Institutionalizing A People: Indian School, Indian Jail -- White Paper To Red Paper: Drawing The Battle Lines -- Occupy Indian Affairs: Native Youth In Action -- Aboriginal Title: No Surrender -- The Constitution Express: A Grassroots Movement -- Don't Let Them Bully You: A Business Interlude -- A Chief's Concerns: Finances, The People, And The Land -- Upping The Ante: Rcap And A Landmark Court Decision -- The Battle In The Forest: The Trade In Indian Trees -- Sun Peaks To Geneva: Playgrounds And Fortresses -- Taking It To The Bank: Accounting For Unpaid Debt -- The Fourth World: A Global Movement -- Line Of Defence: Side By Side For Mother Earth -- No Half Measures: The Price Of Uncertainty -- Days Of Protest: Young Activists Come Together -- The End Of Colonialism. By Arthur Manuel And Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson ; With A Foreword By Naomi Klein. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Foreword by Naomi Klein......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 1 The Lay of the Land......Page 14 2 Institutionalizing a People: Indian School, Indian Jail......Page 22 3 White Paper to Red Paper: Drawing the Battle Lines......Page 33 4 Occupy Indian Affairs: Native Youth in Action......Page 38 5 Aboriginal Title: No Surrender......Page 48 6 The Constitution Express: A Grassroots Movement......Page 57 7 Don’t Let Them Bully You: A Business Interlude......Page 65 8 A Chief’s Concerns: Finances, the People, and the Land......Page 77 9 Upping the Ante: RCAP and a Landmark Court Decision......Page 86 10 The Battle in the Forest: The Trade in Indian Trees......Page 98 11 Sun Peaks to Geneva: Playgrounds and Fortresses......Page 107 12 Taking It to the Bank: Accounting for Unpaid Debt......Page 119 13 The Fourth World: A Global Movement......Page 128 14 Line of Defence: Side by Side for Mother Earth......Page 137 15 No Half Measures: The Price of Uncertainty......Page 149 16 Days of Protest: Young Activists Come Together......Page 159 17 The End of Colonialism......Page 169 Afterword by Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson......Page 173 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples......Page 177 Notes......Page 188 Index......Page 191 Unsettling Canada, a Canadian bestseller, is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson. Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish important national and international reputations. But the differences between them are in many ways even more interesting. Arthur Manuel is one of the most forceful advocates for Aboriginal title and rights in Canada and comes from the activist wing of the movement. Grand Chief Ron Derrickson is one of the most successful Indigenous businessmen in the country. Together the Secwepemc activist intellectual and the Syilx (Okanagan) businessman bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to Canada’s most glaring piece of unfinished business: the place of Indigenous peoples within the country’s political and economic space. The story is told through Arthur’s voice but he traces both of their individual struggles against the colonialist and often racist structures that have been erected to keep Indigenous peoples in their place in Canada. In the final chapters and in the Grand Chief’s afterword, they not only set out a plan for a new sustainable indigenous economy, but lay out a roadmap for getting there.