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Carol Anne Hilton, a Hesquiaht woman of Nuu chah nulth descent from the west coast of Vancouver Island and from the house of Mam'aayutch, a chief's house, a name which means “on the edge.” has an MBA and 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 author of the bestselling book Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table, which was shortlisted for the 2021 Donner Prize. 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, this is an essential new book that tackles the big issue of how the Indian Act has structured Indigenous-Canada relations and massively hobbled Indigenous economic participation.
Carol Anne Hilton turns a critical eye to history, exposing how and why the Indian Act hamstrings Indigenous economic prosperity, exploding the myth of the prevailing Indigenous cost narrative, and laying out a roadmap for the structural changes required to enable the full development of the generative, $100 billion dollar Indigenous economy.
As much about dismantling colonialism as it is about plotting the rise of Indigenous economic power and just participation in the ongoing and evolving political project known as Canada. This is essential reading for Indigenous Nations, business people and investors, lawyers and policy makers, governments at all levels, and everyone interesting in reconciliation, decolonization, and building a just, prosperous, and inclusive economy. This book contains 5 Black & White images.