Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (Book Review‪)‬

John Borrows, Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 312. John Borrows (2) writes about Aboriginal legal issues and perspectives at a dynamic and, he suggests, critical time in the history of relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada. Those relations have changed markedly in the past thirty years or so. In that time, Aboriginal peoples have seen significant advances in their legal, political, and economic powers. Yet, for Borrows, the changes have been too slow and peripheral. Aboriginal peoples continue to be "uncertain citizens" within their own country. (3) What is urgently needed is a new socio-political contract between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal segments of Canadian society. The "Eighth Fire" must be lit and lit quickly. If it is, harmony and prosperity may be ours. If it is not, dire consequences will certainly ensue.