First Nations, First Thoughts

Annis May Timpson is Director of the Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Contributors: Stephanie Bolton, Alison K. Brown, Robin Jarvis Brownlie, Margaret Kovach, Kiera L. Ladner, Fiona MacDonald, Leslie McCartney, Michael Murphy, Tim Patterson, Laura Peers, Gabrielle A. Slowey, and Martin Whittles

First Nations, First Thoughts affirms the priority of Indigenous thought in understanding and developing public discourses in Canada, and constitutes another step forward in ensuring that Indigenous and Settler people continue to work towards a truly postcolonial future.

Alan C. Cairns, author of Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State:
First Nations, First Thoughts is a comprehensive argument for decolonization, focusing specifically on the reconciliation of Indigenous thought with a transformed discourse of the Canadian state and with many of the institutions of Canadian society … This book has no rival in its coverage of the multiple issues involved in the search for reconciliation.

Sákéj Henderson, Native Law Centre, University of Saskatchewan:
This is a luminous collection of voices that reveals the power of Indigenous thought and that must be read to comprehend the transformation of Canadian thought and the spirit of the Indigenous renaissance.