Settler by Emma Battell Lowman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Canadians, despite our reputation for liberalism, multiculturalism and friendliness, remain deeply entangled in the violence of colonialism. The ?Indian problem? continues to occupy the attention of political leaders across the nation, and from the comment sections of online news sites to the streets of Edmonton or Thunder Bay, Canadians too often respond with violence, prejudice and fear. In Settler, Barker and Battell Lowman declare that Canada does not have an ?Indian problem,? but rather that Canada has a Settler problem: the large majority of Canadians are Settler people; their diverse pasts and collective presents are rooted in stolen land, and their identities are dependent on settler colonialism, which seeks no less than the elimination of Indigenous identities. Providing a comprehensive but accessible look at the relationships between Canada and Indigenous nations, this book re-examines the taken-for-granted narratives of ?peaceful? Canadian settlement and asserts that colonization, far from being absent or over, actually defines contemporary political, economic and cultural life in Canada. Indeed, decolonization, the authors argue, is a pathway to a radically different future for Settlers, and for Canada as a whole. Settler Canadians have the opportunity and responsibility to find new ways of being on the land with respect for resurgent Indigenous nationhood. | Settler by Emma Battell Lowman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters