Prairie Rising by Jaskiran K Dhillon PAPERBACK 9781442614710

Prairie RisingIndigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention\nAuthor(s): Jaskiran K Dhillon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442614710, 978-1442614710\nSynopsis\nIn 2016, Canadas newly elected federal government publically committed to reconciling the social and material deprivation of Indigenous communities across the country. Does this outward shift in the Canadian states approach to longstanding injustices facing Indigenous peoples reflect a \""transformation with teeth,\"" or is it merely a reconstructed attempt at colonial Indigenous-settler relations?\n\n Prairie Rising provides a series of critical reflections about the changing face of settler colonialism in Canada through an ethnographic investigation of Indigenous-state relations in the city of Saskatoon.? Jaskiran Dhillon uncovers how various groups including state agents, youth workers, and community organizations utili.