{"product_id":"21-things-you-need-to-know-about-indigenous-self-government-how-to-dismantle-the-indian-act","title":"21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government : How to Dismantle the Indian Act","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert \"Bob\" Joseph is an Indigenous Canadian who inherited a chief’s seat in the Gayaxala clan, the first clan of the Gwawa’enuxw, one of the eighteen tribes that make up the Kwakwaka'wakw. He is\u003c\/span\u003e president of Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., and has provided training on Indigenous relations since 1994. He is also the author of the national bestseller 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eIndian Act\u003c\/i\u003e has controlled the lives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada for seven generations. What would a future without it look like? In his follow-up book to the bestselling \u003ci\u003e21\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThings You May Not Know About the Indian Act, \u003c\/i\u003eBob Joseph describes the next step toward reconciliation: Indigenous self-government—what it means, how it works, and the models for it that are already in place. Joseph practically and insightfully illuminates how the country can get beyond the \u003ci\u003eIndian Act\u003c\/i\u003e and realize a better Canada for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the relationship between Indigenous Peoples, the Crown, and settlers in at the early days of colonization, Joseph travels to the current landscape and the tremendous possibility for reconciliation—a future every Canadian can support. He illustrates the widespread negative consequences of the reserve system that can only be redressed by self-government. With insight and clarity, he busts myths about taxation, the so-called benefits of the \u003ci\u003eIndian Act\u003c\/i\u003e, and the trustee–wardship relationship. And he provides inspiring examples of how self-government agreements are working well, from the Nisga’a Final Agreement to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, while showing how key the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is to defining what sovereignty really means.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation about Dismantling the Indian Act \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates what Canadians need to know to stand in the work of reconciliation as individuals, as organizations, and as a country of many nations. Bob Joseph shows us a way forward with his trademark wisdom, humility, and deep understanding, Indigenous self-governance is not only a possibility, but an absolute necessity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page Two Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394967613745,"sku":"ypn1789939680626","price":11.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/0925\/7009\/files\/21-things-you-need-to-know-about-indigenous-self-government-how-to-dismantle-the_1.jpg?v=1789939685","url":"https:\/\/canistersealfit.shop\/products\/21-things-you-need-to-know-about-indigenous-self-government-how-to-dismantle-the-indian-act","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}