Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

9 reviews

macety's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Racism, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Addiction, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

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

lindsaywolfson's review

informative

5.0

A must read for anyone living in Canada. It is essential that folks understand the pervasive impact of the Indian Act so that they can work towards genuine, meaningful, reconciliation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

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

hootreads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Cultural appropriation

emilywasbored's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Murder, and Racism