While writing my new book, 21 Things™ You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government, many people asked me, “why this book and why now?” The motivation for my new book came from a common theme - many of the hundreds of thousands of people who read my first book, 21 Things™ You May Not Know About the Indian Act, or attended presentations about it, asked similar questions. After engaging with the material, the first question was usually, “Can we get rid of the Indian Act?” followed by “What would that look like?” and “Would it work?”