Why George Abbott’s Book on Indigenous Rights Matters – The Tyee

The former cabinet minister examines the bad decisions that got us here, and a path forward.

Former cabinet minister and current treaty commissioner George Abbott’s new book provides a timely reminder that British Columbia’s current struggles around Indigenous rights and title are the direct result of past government decisions over many years.

Available from UBC Press imprint Purich Books, Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now traces how successive governments treated the “land question” going back to the formation of the colonies and tracks repeated failures to try to settle it.

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