\u00a0By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com It’s a “perfect storm,” says Bob Joseph about the timing of the release of his recent book. 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act coincides with the push by the new federal government to implement its first major piece of legislation, the One Canadian Economy Act, since being elected. Joseph, a member of the Gwawaenuk Nation in B.C., and an initiated member of the Hamatsa Society, a deeply spiritual ceremonial group of the Kwakwaka\u2019wakw, lists the first \u201cthing\u201d about self-government as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which sets the standard for their treatment. That standard includes the 16th point in his book: the right to free, prior and… <\/p>\n
\u00a0By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com It’s a “perfect storm,” says Bob Joseph about the timing of the release of his recent book. 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act coincides with the push by the new federal government to implement its first major piece of legislation, the One Canadian Economy Act, since being elected. Joseph, a member of the Gwawaenuk Nation in B.C., and an initiated member of the Hamatsa Society, a deeply spiritual ceremonial group of the Kwakwaka\u2019wakw, lists the first \u201cthing\u201d about self-government as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which sets the standard for their treatment. That standard includes the 16th point in his book: the right to free, prior and... <\/p>\n