The Fourth World: An Indian Reality

by George Manuel, Michael Posluns, Vine Deloria, Jr. (Foreword by), Glen Sean Coulthard (Introduction)

Overview

A foundational work of radical anticolonialism, back in print

Originally published in 1974, The Fourth World is a critical work of Indigenous political activism that has long been out of print. George Manuel, a leader in the North American Indian movement at that time, with coauthor journalist Michael Posluns, presents a rich historical document that traces the struggle for Indigenous survival as a nation, a culture, and a reality. The authors shed light on alternatives for coexistence that would take place in the Fourth World—an alternative to the new world, the old world, and the Third World. Manuel was the first to develop this concept of the “fourth world” to describe the place occupied by Indigenous nations within colonial nation-states. Accompanied by a new Introduction and Afterword, this book is as poignant and provocative today as it was when first published.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452959245
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	03/12/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

George Manuel (1921–1989) (Secwepemc) was an aboriginal leader and activist. He formed the UN-affiliated World Council of Indigenous Peoples in 1975. 

Michael Posluns is author of Voices from the Odeyak and Speaking with Authority. 

Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005) was a leading Native American scholar and activist. He is author of several books, including Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto. 

Glen Sean Coulthard  (Yellowknives Dene) is assistant professor in the First Nations Studies Program and the department of political science at the University of British Columbia. He is author of Red Skin, White Masks (Minnesota, 2014). 

Doreen Manuel (Secwepemc/Ktunaxa) is program coordinator of the Capilano University Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking Program and the owner of Running Wolf Productions. 

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Fourth World Resurgent Glen Sean Coulthard ix

The Fourth World

Foreword Vine Deloria Jr. xxxvii

Authors' Note xli

Acknowledgments xliii

Introduction: "Does Indians Have Feelings?" 1

1 Mutual Dependence 13

2 Strong Medicine 33

3 The Earth and My Grandmother 48

4 We Honour Our Grandfathers Who Kept Us Alive 69

5 Scratching for a Start 99

6 Becoming a Fisher of Men 127

7 The Decade of Consultation 156

8 The Daily Struggle Now 181

9 The Fourth World 214

Afterword Doreen Manuel 267

Notes 275

Index 281

Editorial Reviews

"At the time of writing The Fourth World it would have been difficult (although not impossible) to predict the degree to which the recognition of Indigenous rights would come to serve as the cunning medium through which dispossession would be facilitated, not reversed, by the colonial state and international legal apparatus. In spite of his lifelong struggle, however, George Manuel's vision of decolonization for the Fourth World has yet to come to fruition, both nationally and globally. The Fourth World is nevertheless one of those rare examples of a book that continues to be relevant after forty-two years since its original publication"—Glen Sean Coulthard, from the Introduction

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