Unsettling Canada focuses on the battle for the return of Indigenous title and rights and how it has been to the benefit of the Canadian government and stake holders while they carefully and strategically diminish Indigenous inherent birthrights. Let’s be honest, it is the grassroots organizations within Canada such as “The assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Summit, INET, the Defenders of the Land, and Idol No More” (p. 176) to name a few, who have always fought for respect of …show more content…
The Canadian government will not repudiate colonial laws however they would rather defy their own laws in a racist act of keeping control over Indigenous peoples. Our history concerning the Canadian government and Indigenous peoples’ affairs has mostly been deceiving, consequently contributing to Canada’s relationship with the land being reduced to a constructed fantasy of the doctrine of discovery and as a site of resource extraction. Indigenous struggle in Canada has been consistently rooted in Indigenous title and rights and keeping our lands