Red Talk with scholar and author Taiaiake Alfred
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Taiaiake Alfred is a Kahnawà:ke Mohawk scholar, author, and political strategist with more than three decades of prolific work in First Nations governance, politics, and cultural revival. Taiaiake discusses his latest book, It’s All About the Land, exposing how racism underpins and shapes Indigenous-settler relationships. He challenges the notion of reconciliation as perpetuating a new form of colonization.
Rooted in ancestral spirit, knowledge, and law, It’s All about the Land presents a passionate argument for Indigenous Resurgence as the pathway toward justice for Indigenous peoples.
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