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.

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: political leader Arthur Manuel (1951–2017) and businessman Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson.

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Foreword—Naomi Klein Chapter 1: The Lay of the Land Chapter 2: Institutionalizing a People: Indian Hospital, School, Jail Chapter 3: White Paper to Red Paper: Drawing the Battle Lines Chapter 4: Occupy Indian Affairs: Native Youth in Action Chapter 5: Aboriginal Title: No Surrender Chapter 6: The Constitution Express: A Grassroots Movement Chapter 7: Don’t Let Them Bully You: A Business Interlude Chapter 8: A Chief’s Concerns: Finances, the People, and the Land Chapter 9: Upping the Ante: RCAP and a Landmark Court Decision Chapter 10: The Battle in the Forest: The Trade in Indian Trees Chapter 11: Sun Peaks to Geneva: Playgrounds and Fortresses Chapter 12: Taking It to the Bank: Accounting for Unpaid Debt Chapter 13: The Fourth World: A Global Movement Chapter 14: Line of Defence: Side by Side for Mother Earth Chapter 15: No Half Measures: The Price of Uncertainty Chapter 16: Days of Protest: Young Activists Come Together Chapter 17: The End of Colonialism Afterword—Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson Acknowledgements Appendix : United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Notes Index

This is the back story of both grassroots and backroom struggles that created the context in which we find ourselves today, one in which a new generation of First Nations leaders is demanding sovereignty and self-determination, and more and more non-Indigenous Canadians finally understand that huge swaths of this country we call Canada is not ours—or our government’s—to sell.

Now more than ever Unsettling Canada is a must-read book.