Art Manuel: Defender of the Land
Arthur Manuel (1951 – January 11, 2017) was a First Nations political leader in Canada. He was four times elected chief (1995–2003) and three times elected chair of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council (1997–2003). Since 2003, he served as spokesperson for the Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (INET), a network of indigenous nations working on the international level to achieve recognition of Aboriginal title and rights. Watch video »
Arthur Manuel (1951 – January 11, 2017) was a First Nations political leader in Canada. He was four times elected chief (1995–2003) and three times elected chair of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council (1997–2003). During this period, he served as spokesperson of the Interior Alliance of B.C. indigenous nations and he was at the forefront of the indigenous logging initiative. He also co-chaired the Assembly of First Nations Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee (DISC) that was mandated to develop a national strategy to compel the federal government to respect the historic Supreme Court decision on Aboriginal title and rights. Since 2003, he served as spokesperson for the Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (INET), a network of indigenous nations working on the international level to achieve recognition of Aboriginal title and rights.
Other resources:
- “150 Years of Canadian Colonization and our Right to Self-Determination,” LeftStreamed No. 301.
- “Are You A Canadian?,” First Nations Strategic Policy Counsel Vol. 14, Issue 8-12.
- Unsettling Canada, Between The Lines (2016).
- “Intellectual, activist, ‘giant’ Arthur Manuel sung out by family across the threshold to the other side,” APTN.
- Arthur Manuel, WikiPedia.
