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The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power

Deconstructing Indian Act Economics

The Indigenous economy is surging, but full Indigenous economic participation is still lacking, thwarted by the colonial and racist policies of Canada’s Indian Act. The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power deconstructs these historic and systemic barriers and presents an ethical response based on Indigenomics in action.

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Indigenomics in action—moving beyond Indian Act economics towards Indigenous economic sovereignty

In this groundbreaking new work, Carol Anne Hilton, author of the bestselling Indigenomics, provides a detailed exploration of the phenomenon of growing Indigenous economic power and sovereignty, achieved despite monumental historic injustices.

The Indigenous economy in Canada is on track to exceed $100 billion. Yet full Indigenous participation at the economic table is still fundamentally lacking, due in large part to the inherently colonial and racist policies of the Indian Act. The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power deconstructs these systemic barriers by mapping an ethical way forward based on radical inclusion and Indigenomics in action.

Coverage includes:

  • The far-reaching social and moral consequences of Indian Act economics—a tool used to legislate away Indigenous rights and jurisdiction with the express purpose of isolating, dividing, absorbing, and eliminating the original Nations of these lands
  • The true cost of maintaining the status quo, from perpetuating social and economic inequality and cycles of Indigenous poverty, to lost opportunities for value creation in Indigenous and settler economies alike
  • Twenty-five transformative trends driving Indigenous economic growth, from legal developments and UNDRIP implementation to partnership opportunities rooted in cultural and economic reconciliation.

Required reading for Indigenous organizations, Nations, and allies; business leaders and investors; lawyers and policymakers; governments at all levels; and everyone interested in reconciliation, decolonization, and building a just, prosperous, and inclusive society.

About The Author(s)

Carol Anne Hilton, MBA, is founder of the Indigenomics Institute, which is focused on the economic empowerment of Indigenous peoples to design their own futures and fully realize the potential of the emerging Indigenous economy. She is a Hesquiaht woman of Nuu chah nulth descent from the west coast of Vancouver Island and is from the house of Mam’aayutch, a chief’s house, a name which means “on the edge.” Hilton is the first generation out of Canadian residential schools, fifth generation since the existence of the Indian Act, and comes from over 10,000 years of the potlatch tradition of giving and demonstration of wealth and relationship. She is deeply connected to focusing on building a collective reality that centers Indigenous peoples in social and cultural well-being and economic empowerment today and is leading the evolution of Canada’s $100 billion Indigenous economy. An advisor to governments, business, and First Nations, she lives in Victoria, BC.

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Book Specifications

ISBN: 9781774060155

Page Count: 272

Dimensions: 6 × 9 × 0.62 in

Publication Date: April 01, 2025

Images: Black & White

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