Indigenous Nationhood: Empowering Grassroots Citizens

by Pamela Palmater, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Foreword by)

Overview

Indigenous Nationhood is a selection of blog posts by well-known lawyer, activist and academic Pamela Palmater. Palmater offers critical legal and political commentary and analysis on legislation, Aboriginal rights, Canadian politics, First Nations politics and social issues such as murdered and missing Indigenous women, poverty, economics, identity and culture. Palmater’s writing tackles myths and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples head-on, discusses Indigenous nationhood and nation building, examines treaty rights and provides an accessible, critical analysis of laws and government policies being imposed on Indigenous peoples.

Fiercely anti-racist and anti-colonial, this book is intended to help rebuild the connections between Indigenous citizens and their home communities, local governments and Indigenous Nations for the benefit of future generations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552667958
Publisher:	Fernwood Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2015
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Pamela Palmater is Mi’kmaq from the Eel River Bar First Nation in northern New Brunswick. She has been a practising lawyer for sixteen years, working on treaties, land claims, self-government, economic development, policy development and intergovernmental relations, including at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission as an investigator of human rights complaints. She is an associate professor and chair in Indigenous governance at Ryerson University.

Table of Contents

• : Foreword by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
• : Introduction
• : Indigenous Identity
• : Justice for Indigenous Peoples
• : Confronting Racism
• : Legislation
• : National Politics
• : Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Palmater’s blogs provide a glimpse of the deep complexities we face as indigenous peoples living in a colonial Canada. Her words are the articulation of this generation’s frustration with Canadian colonial policy.

Derek Nepinak

This work is vital in terms of ‘de-entrenching’ a Canadian problem affecting an entire country — a colonial experiment gone bad. Pam’s insights are important and reliable.

Chief Isadore Day (Wiindawtegowinini)

Pamela Palmater is one of the strong voices of a new generation of Native activists and intellectuals. Her essays on Indigenous Nationhood are intelligent, thoughtful, and well informed. And they take no prisoners.

Thomas King

Like the tools that our ancestors used for survival, Palmater’s words are sharp like a knife.

Chief Lynn Acoose

Through Palmater’s relentless pursuit for justice and improved quality of life, she will undoubtedly set a new era for positive change for this country.

Chief Deborah Robinson