Westbank Millionaire

By Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson and Ronald M. Derrickson

Ron Derrickson's story is one you would least expect: an Indigenous kid grows up in poverty on a British Columbia reserve and defeats all the odds to become an internationally respected entrepreneur and billionaire. Along the way Derrickson was elected Chief of the Westbank Reserve six times, turned his reserve into one of the wealthiest in the country, won logging rights for his people, received the honourary title of Grand Chief from the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, and gave millions of dollars in support of Indigenous artists, writers, and activists fighting for both land rights in Canada and international recognition of the human rights injustices that Canada has committed against Indigenous peoples.

Equal parts memoir, Indigenous rights manifesto and entrepreneurial success story, this book tells one man's story of how he turned oppression and racism on its head and won prosperity for himself and his community by playing "the white man's game."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459414349
• ISBN13: 9781459414341
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 256 Pages