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

6 reviews

maryjames's review

informative fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicide

ccreadz's review

dark hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

This book was an eye opener. It shows you how much the Indian Act although established in the 1800s still holds a grip on the Indigenous people of Canada today 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Racism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, and Child death

beanslinger_librarian's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Violence

ka_ke's review

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

This should be mandatory reading for every. single. Canadian Citizen. I study decolonization processes in my degree program and even I learned something out of this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

annemaries_shelves's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

 

An extremely enlightening and important read - and only the tip of the iceberg as it were.

While I was familiar with some of the concepts presented in this slim volume, it's never a waste of time to revisit these concepts and expand on others.
I appreciated the accessible and introductory-to-moderate level of detail Joseph covered for each of the 21 selected pieces of the Indian Act. The following sections on replacing the legislation (potential options) and next steps with reconciliation were appreciated but altogether too short for me personally.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Genocide, and Physical abuse

meghan1997's review

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Every Canadian should read this book! Wow, I wish I had read it sooner. I learned SO MUCH about a topic I thought I was already pretty educated on. I appreciated how the author layed out and sectioned the information, which made it easy to follow. Please give this book a read! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Racism