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Price paid : the fight for First Nations survival / Bev Sellars ; foreword and excerpts by Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla (Hereditary Chief Bill Wilson).

Sellars, Bev, 1955- (author.).

Summary:

The book begins with glimpses of foods, medicines, and cultural practices North America's indigenous peoples have shared with the rest of the world. It documents the dark period of regulation by racist laws during the twentieth century, and then discusses new emergence in the twenty-first century into a re-establishment of Indigenous land and resource rights. The result is a candidly told, personal take on the history of Aboriginal rights in Canada and Canadian history told from a First Nations point of view. -- Review from publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780889229723 (paperback)
Physical Description: xxvii, 209 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : Talonbooks, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction - One. Indian givers - Two. The tilting of power - Three. Case study in colonial contact - Four. Workarounds and memorials - Five. Increasing containment and repression - Six. Political action renews - Seven. Aboriginal leaders and first ministers - Eight. The Indian Act and Indian Band governance - Nine. Re-establishing Aboriginal rights - Ten. Realities of life on the rez -- Conclusion. The tilting of power back to First Nations -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index -- Acknowledgements.