What is Reddit's opinion of 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality?

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Could be a good idea but I’d also make sure that the seller is a reputable and fair source for Indigenous goods.

Unfortunately, there are non-Indigenous individuals who make Every Child Matters shirts for personal profit rather than in support of Orange Shirt Day/ National day for Truth and Reconciliation (and to me, everything about a situation like this shouts cultural appropriation — not reconciliation).

Highly recommend 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act for those wishing wishing to learn more about how colonial history impacted First Nations individuals. This book changed my life.

The embedded racism in the Indian Act has been the subject of countless journalism and critique. This book is considered one of the most digestible on the subject. I bought a copy a few months ago but have yet to read, but just glance through the reviews for a taste on some of the common subjects:

>"From declaring cultural ceremonies illegal, to prohibiting pool hall owners from granting Indigenous Peoples entrance, from forbidding the speaking of Indigenous languages, to the devastating policy that created residential schools, Bob Joseph reveals the hold this paternalistic act, with its roots in the 1800s, still has on the lives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada in the twenty-first century. This straightforward book is an invaluable resource. There is much for non-Indigenous people to learn and to do. But equally important, there is much to unlearn and to undo. The time is right for this book."
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>- Shelagh Rogers, O.C., Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Honorary Witness

Hey dude, the best thing you can do is admit when you're wrong about something and trying to learn more.

I hope you'll do some more research on your own time and try your best to learn whatever you can!

If you want a book recommendation I would highly suggest, 21 Thing You May Not Know About The Indian Act (I linked to Amazon but as always buy from your local shop)

Everyone needs to read this book.

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality

This book captures the essence of the impact the Indian Act has made on Canadians. It’s easy to read, engaging, super informative and doesn’t use the ‘blame and shame’ approach.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0995266522/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_glt_i_ZKMJXNCNQDCM3DDESVJX

Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous Peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer.

Also highly recommend 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act by author Bob Joseph (founder and creator of Indigenous Corporate Training).

What a ridiculous stance. The non-native people of the Americas are not just going to leave or concede power to the natives.

never said anything even close to that but nice strawman.

you clearly need to do some reading about the Indian act. it is still law. it is justified by the doctrine of discovery, which the church has not renounced.

it actively and deliberately harms indigenous peoples and communities in Canada.

I recommend starting with this book:

https://www.amazon.ca/Things-Know-About-Indian-Reconciliation/dp/0995266522?ref_=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=7f73d4ed-bc01-4a94-8cd9-fd0240546594

you don't understand me being angry about ongoing instances of treaties being broken and unceded land being taken?

of human beings being abused, oppressed, discriminated against, disenfranchised, forcibly sterilized, kidnapped, raped, trafficked, deprived of clean drinking water, killed with impunity? why I'm angry about missing and murdered indigenous women? about "starlight tours" by the RCMP in Saskatoon?

why it bothers me to then have overprivileged egos whine about how awful it is for them to have to hear about it?

you have to hear about it again because it isn't over. it is still happening. yet people like you want to put all the work of "reconciliation" on the indigenous folks. you aren't willing to have anything change. you just want to hand them some money and then have them shut up about it so you can be comfortable and feel good.

these people have a hostile nation continuing to deliberately harm them, sometimes out of indifference and usually for profit, while the political figure representing a philosophy that has been foundational in facilitating these abuses apologises without renouncing those contributions. for the third time, apparently.

but yes, tell me about how it is so much worse for a political figure to make an optional political appearance, which is literally his job as a head of state, than to suffer these things.