Do You Eat the Red Ones Last?
Canada's Not-so-Clandestine War to Expropriate Indigenous Lands and Resources: An Anthropologist's Curious Journey Through the Mind-Fields of Indigenous Knowledge, Rights, and Culture
by Marc G. Stevenson

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Part exposé, part memoir, part reference manual for reconciling Indigenous and non-Indigenous rights in Canada, Do You Eat the Red Ones Last? takes the reader on one anthropologist’s journey through the turbulent waters of Canada’s contested lands and resources. Drawing on personal experiences and the wisdom of Indigenous elders and scholars, Marc G. Stevenson offers unique insights into how settler society has dismantled Indigenous knowledge and governance systems while expropriating their lands and resources. In particular, he explores the contentious spaces where the land-use rights and knowledge claims of the two cultures collide and examines why the promise of reconciliation remains so elusive. Lastly, he considers how we might transform our mindsets from that of colonial agents to that of post-colonial allies. In its forward-looking conclusion, Do You Eat the Red Ones Last? identifies some directions that might collectively take us on a more ethical and rewarding path to reparations and co-existence. As such, it joins a growing body of critical thought committed to generating real opportunity for reconciling Indigenous-settler rights in Canada.

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"Dr. Stevenson articulates the complexities of land rights, resources and Indigenous knowledge, and I would certainly see this book as a major student curriculum. As someone who was born on the land and fought for Inuit land rights, the recognition of Indigenous knowledge, and Inuit fundamental human rights, this book in part captures this story and is profound, compelling, and much needed in greater Canadian society to tell the whole story of Canada and for Inuit to be folded into the human family." —Rosemarie Kuptana, former President of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, (now Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami) "By identifying some of the institutional barriers that prevent Indigenous peoples from accessing, retaining management responsibility over, and developing their lands and resources, Dr. Marc Stevenson hits a home run with “Do You Eat the Red Ones Last…”. As a seasoned observer of those contentious spaces where Indigenous peoples fight for rights to their lands, resources and futures, Stevenson’s unique insights, and those handed down to him from Indigenous elders, should give the average Canadian pause to reflect on the future of this country." —Jean Paul Gladu, President and CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

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Self-described “maverick on the margins of academia,” Dr. Stevenson lobs a few well-placed grenades into unfamiliar battlefields where representatives of Canada’s settler society and Indigenous Canadians fight for their rights and futures. In doing so, he attempts to create real—not imaginary—space for Canada’s Indigenous peoples in Confederation, to divest Canadians of their prejudices about Indigenous peoples and their rights to their traditional lands, and to address the systemic racism that keeps our founding peoples on the sidelines at a time when we need them the most. Stevenson has worked for and with Inuit, First Nations, and Métis communities for over three decades on matters directly affecting their rights and interests in lands and resources that have sustained them for generations. He’s also held positions with Parks Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories, and the University of Alberta, in addition to serving on multi-stakeholder wildlife co-management, environmental monitoring, and landuse planning boards. He is the author and editor of numerous academic articles and books, and has written extensively on Indigenous ecological knowledge, Indigenous research protocols, wildlife co-management, traditional economies, Inuit socio-political organization, and archaeological method and theory. Stevenson holds a PhD in anthropology from the University of Alberta as well as a master’s and a bachelor of honours degree in archaeology from Simon Fraser University. Do You Eat the Red Ones Last? is his most recent and candid attempt to share his experiences and perspectives on Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations in Canada with a wider audience. He is currently enjoying semi-retirement in Halfmoon Bay (xwilkway), Shíshálh Swiya (Sechelt traditional territory), B.C., with his wife Kathryn, Alaskan malamutes Naya and Suliq, and Himalayan cat Tynaq.

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