Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention

In the preface to the book, Dhillon presents Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bold promise for a renewed relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada as the "most recent extension of liberal tactics to recalibrate Indigenous-settler state relations" (x). The quotidian empirical r...

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Published in:Canadian journal of native studies 2017, Vol.37 (1), p.247-248
Main Author: Dubois, Janique
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Child Welfare
Colonialism
Decolonization
Dehumanization
Foreign Policy
Indigenous peoples
Native North Americans
Participation
Political activism
Politics
Scholars
Trudeau, Justin
Violence
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Summary:In the preface to the book, Dhillon presents Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bold promise for a renewed relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada as the "most recent extension of liberal tactics to recalibrate Indigenous-settler state relations" (x). The quotidian empirical reality described in Prairie Rising leaves readers wary of the future of Indigenous-state relations and of the promise of reconciliation. While Dhillon conducted brief follow up research on the emergence of Idle No More in 2012 and 2013, readers are left to wonder whether this movement's efforts towards decolonization had a meaningful impact on the (dis)continuity of settler colonial logics.
ISSN:0715-3244