num_pages: 462
description: Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal is a collection of elegant, thoughtful, and powerful reflections about Indigenous Peoples’ complicated, and often frustrating, relationship with Canada, and how—even 150 years after Confederation—the fight for recognition of their treaty and Aboriginal rights continues.Through essays, art, and literature, Surviving Canada examines the struggle for Indigenous Peoples’ to celebrate their cultures and exercise their right to control their own economic development, lands, water, and lives.The Indian Act, Idle No More, and the legacy of residential schools are just a few of the topics covered by a wide range of elders, scholars, artists, and activists. Contributors include Mary Eberts, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Leroy Little Bear.
language: English
title: Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal
publisher: ARP Books