This is relatively an easy-to-follow book for those interested in indigenous cultures/peoples/issues. The book sheds light on past and contemporary issues that indigenous peoples worldwide encounter with the state. The book focuses particularly on Maori peoples in New Zealand but draws similarities from Canada, Australia and the US. This is an academic book with great arguments as well as practical solutions that the author displays in the hope to move the indigenous struggle forward. It discusses ideas such as oppressive authenticity, sovereignty, western epistemologies and colonial structures that are still in place yet need to be changed radically. The author situates his argument within a capitalist, a neoliberal context that cares less indigenous peoples or their culture and more about the land, exploitation of labour and more capital accumulation. A new framework that involves and respects indigenous peoples and their cultures is needed to move forward.