The Red Indians: Aboriginal Resistance to Capitalism in Canada Now and Then - Softcover

Kulchyski, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894037251 ISBN 13: 9781894037259

Publisher: Arbeiter Ring Publishing,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

The Red Indians is a theoretically nuanced, frank, and accessible book about Aboriginal resistance in Canada, historical and contemporary. In the manner of Eduardo Galeano's famous trilogy Memories of Fire, the book uncovers a critical, living history of conflict. The Red Indians, with its polyvalent title that points to the many issues covered in the text, introduces readers to the history of colonial oppression in Canada, and looks at contemporary examples of resistance. Kulchyski clarifies the unique and specific politics of Aboriginal resistance in Canada.

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Review

As a visual medium brought closer to an auditory experience, the stories told in The Red Indians are persuasive because they unapologetically rest on Kulchyski's authority. Kulchyski's episodes balance brevity with constructive detail and, taken together, cover a great deal of history and territory. By detailing the points of continuity that link these stories from early "contact" to the present day, Kulchyski advances his central argument that the First Nations peoples are foundational to the Canadian state. -- Madelaine Jacobs, Canadian Literature

About the Author

Peter Kulchyski is a leading Canadian Native Studies scholar at the University of Manitoba. He has published numerous books on Aboriginal issues, including Like the Sound of a Drum: Aboriginal Cultural Politics in Denendeh and Nunavut, which won the 2005 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arbeiter Ring Publishing,U.S.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1894037251
• ISBN 13: 9781894037259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176