Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call - Arthur Manuel, Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson, Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein, Arthur Manuel, Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson

Category: History

Narrator: Darrell Dennis

Tags: History

Unsettling Canada, a Canadian best seller, 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 Canadas most glaring piece of unfinished business: the place of Indigenous peoples within the countrys political and economic space. The story is told through Arthurs voice but he traces both of their individual struggles against the colonialist and