Antiracist History & Theory

"The Lay of the Land" by Arthur Manuel

Violaine G.

Factsheet

Description

The factsheet unpacks the European ursurpation of Secwepemc Lands through settlement and broken promises. It breaksdown the modern day effects of European settlement on Indigenous Peoples, but also shows how groups have resisted and the "legacy of struggle."

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References

  • Manuel, A. (2015). "The Lay of the Land." Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call. Toronto: Between the Lines. pp.1-12.

Source Authors

Arthur Manuel

Keywords

"native hospitality", Assembly of First Nations, British colonialism, British land claim, British settlers, Broken Promises, Canadian citizenship, collective memory, Colonial Canada, colonial violence, Doctrine of Discovery, European appropriation, European explorers, European Settlers, First Nations, global Indigenous history, human rights, Indigenous communities, Indigenous Land Claims, Indigenous lands, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous rights to land, Indigenous territory, intergenerational history, land theft, legacy, legal fiction, national identity, Neskonlith community, Politics of Citizenship, respect, Settler-Indigenous Relations, settlers, struggle, suicide rates, Terra Nullius, trade relations, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, usurpation of land, veterans