The rebirth of Canada's Indians

By Harold Cardinal

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888301251
• ISBN13: 9780888301253
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Hurtig
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Give Your Brain A Wash

This book was written largely in reponse to a very turbulent period in Canadian history. In 1969, Canada's federal government, under the leadership Pierre Trudeau, decided to do away with its legal and moral obligation to the Indians by rescinding the Indian Act. This was outlined in a famous document called the 'White Paper'. The paper resulted in a moral and spiritual awakening, which galvanized the Indian people to rally against the federal government. At the epicentre of the Native movement was a young man -- with unassuming nature, Buddy Holly style glasses, and a profound sense of the English language -- Harold Cardinal. Harold not only played a part in the struggle to retain the Indian Act but also chronicled it in his books. This particlar book, The Rebirth of Canada's Indians, is important to Indian rights as Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech on equality and Black rights. Although segments of the book have not aged will, or should I say segments of the book remain stuck in the late-1960s/early-1970s, it remains alive and continues to speak to the condition of Aboriginal peoples the world over. Thank you, Harold.