Review of new books on the Indian Act for the Canadian Historical Review

I have published a new book review in the Canadian Historical Review. Review of 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality, by Bob Joseph and Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories, edited by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Keith D. Smith. Canadian Historical Review, 101, no. 4 (December 2020): 648–649.

Excerpt: “Strengthening nation-to-nation relations and working towards reconciliation will require Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to confront the history and ongoing effects of the Indian Act in Canada. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act and Talking Back to the Indian Act are important publications that will generate new interest in the Indian Act and challenge readers to understand how it continues to be used as a tool of colonial oppression today.”

If you do not have academic library access to read the review, please contact me (sean.carleton@umanitoba.ca) as I have a number of complementary copies I can share.