Name: Bob Joseph Book Event (21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Governement)
Start: 2025-09-25T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-25T20:00:00-05:00
Location: McNally Robinson Booksellers

Bob Joseph Book Event (21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Governement)

Join us for a very special evening with bestselling author Bob Joseph as he discusses his new book, 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act (PageTwo Books).
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781774586273/bob-joseph/21-things-you-need-to-know-about-indigenous-self-government
Presented as part of THIN AIR 2025, an annual fall celebration of books and writing. This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a YouTube stream: https://youtube.com/live/hZtguunZVZA
Bob Joseph's 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of Canadians by shining a light on the Indian Act and the problems associated with it. In that book, readers learned that the Consolidated Indian Act of 1876 has controlled the lives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada for generations, and despite its objective to assimilate Indians into the economic and political mainstream, it has had the opposite effect: segregation. They live under different laws and on different lands.
People came away from that book with questions such as "Can we get rid of the Indian Act?" and "What would that look like? Would self-government work?" These are timely questions, given that 2026 will mark 150 years since the Consolidated Indian Act of 1876. The short answer to these questions is, yes, we can dismantle the Act, and there are current examples of self-government arrangements that are working.
With his trademark wisdom, humility, and deep understanding, Bob Joseph shows us the path forward in 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government, in which Indigenous self-governance is already happening and not to be feared - and negotiating more such arrangements, sooner rather than later, is an absolute necessity.
Bob Joseph, president of Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., has provided training on Indigenous relations since 1994. He has a diverse range of clients, including all levels of government, Fortune 500 companies, resource development companies, and small and medium-sized businesses. He is also the author of the national bestseller 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act.