Dismantling the Indian Act and unleashing Indigenous economic power and prosperity
From the author of the bestselling Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economics Table, comes an essential new book that tackles the big issue of how the Indian Act has structured Indigenous-Canada relations and massively hobbled Indigenous economic participation.
Carol Anne Hilton turns a critical eye to history, exposing how and why the Indian Act hamstrings Indigenous economic prosperity, exploding the myth of the prevailing Indigenous cost narrative, and laying out a roadmap for the structural changes required to enable the full development of the generative, $100 billion dollar Indigenous economy.
As much about dismantling colonialism as it is about plotting the rise of Indigenous economic power and just participation in the ongoing and evolving political project known as Canada. This is essential reading for Indigenous Nations, business people and investors, lawyers and policy makers, governments at all levels, and everyone interesting in reconciliation, decolonization, and building a just, prosperous, and inclusive economy.
