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The Colonized Strike Back: Red Power, 1965–75
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In this chapter, Palmer examines grassroots Indigenous organizations that used land occupations and protests to challenge colonial assimilation policies across Canada. He details how these efforts contributed to enduring frameworks for Indigenous engagement in Canadian political life with demands for land rights and respect for treaties and use of the legal system to enforce these rights.
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Bryan D. Palmer
Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. In the fall of 2024, Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500–1890 was published, followed by Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890—1960 in the spring of 2025. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.
