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asher__s's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
ulknehs's review against another edition
5.0
Proving instrumental to how I engage with Indigenous politics, and continue to develop my decolonising praxis.
snixo048's review against another edition
3.0
When reviewing this book, I have to keep in mind that I am not the intended target audience. This book is aimed at indigenous peoples and proposes a way for people to through off the shackles of colonialism once and for all. That being said, I generally do not like reading manifestos. They generally suggest radical overhauls of systems, and while I agree with the critiques of the system (in this case colonial) manifestos are ideological and rarely transform well into practice.
Taiaiake is very tough on indigenous people who have chosen to work within the system, and my biggest critique of the book is how he assumes or implies the motivations of greed and the search for power by so many indigenous politicians. His attempt to get into the heads of people is frustrating and does not allow for honest motivations of those trying to work within Canada's flawed and corrupt system.
What I like about this book is it vividly shows that something needs to be done about the plight of indigenous people in Canada. Anger is simmering constantly, and rightly so. While I don't think the author suggests many realistic solutions, he embodies the anger felt by so many indigenous people, an anger non-indigenous people should feel on their behalf.
This book is worth a read if you have any interest in Indigenous issues, or really want to know what colonialism feels like from the point of view of the colonized.
Taiaiake is very tough on indigenous people who have chosen to work within the system, and my biggest critique of the book is how he assumes or implies the motivations of greed and the search for power by so many indigenous politicians. His attempt to get into the heads of people is frustrating and does not allow for honest motivations of those trying to work within Canada's flawed and corrupt system.
What I like about this book is it vividly shows that something needs to be done about the plight of indigenous people in Canada. Anger is simmering constantly, and rightly so. While I don't think the author suggests many realistic solutions, he embodies the anger felt by so many indigenous people, an anger non-indigenous people should feel on their behalf.
This book is worth a read if you have any interest in Indigenous issues, or really want to know what colonialism feels like from the point of view of the colonized.
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