Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call

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