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Taiaiake Alfred

Taiaiake Alfred is a Kahnawà:ke Mohawk philosopher and political strategist with more than three decades of experience in First Nations governance, political activism, and cultural restoration. After twenty-five years as a university professor, he now works directly with Indigenous nations to help breathe life into their visions of self-determination. He has been awarded a Canada Research Chair, a National Aboriginal Achievement/Indspire Award, and the Native American Journalists Association award for best column writing. He is the author of three highly acclaimed books: Heeding the Voices of Our Ancestors: Kahnawake Mohawk Politics and the Rise of Native Nationalism; Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto; and Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom.

Books by Taiaiake Alfred

It's All about the Land

Collected Talks and Interviews on Indigenous Resurgence

by (author) Taiaiake Alfred
edited by Ann Rogers
foreword by Pamela Palmater

Peace, Power, Righteousness

by (author) Taiaiake Alfred

Masculindians

Conversations about Indigenous Manhood

edited by Sam McKegney
interviewee Joseph Boyden, Tomson Highway, Lee Maracle, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Basil H. Johnston, Daniel David Moses, Louise Bernice Halfe, Taiaiake Alfred, Janice C. Hill, Kim Anderson, Thomas Kimeksun Thrasher, Brendan Hokowhitu, Ty P. Kawika Tengan, Warren Cariou, Alison Calder, Daniel Heath Justice, Adrian Stimson, Terrance Houle, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Richard van Camp, Joanne Arnott, Neal McLeod & Gregory Scofield
cover design or artwork by Dana Claxton

Unsettling the Settler Within

Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada

by (author) Paulette Regan
foreword by Taiaiake Alfred

Peace, Power, Righteousness

An Indigenous Manifesto

by (author) Taiaiake Alfred

Wasáse

Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom

by (author) Taiaiake Alfred