In unsettling the settler within paulette regan a former residential schools claims manager argues that in order to truly participate in the transformative possibilities of reconciliation non aboriginal canadians must undergo their own process of decolonization. Unsettling the settler within indian residential schools truth telling and reconciliation in canada paperback jan 25 2011 by paulette regan author taiaiake alfred foreword 44 out of 5 stars 11 ratings see all formats and editions. A powerful and compassionate call to action unsettling the settler within inspires with its thoughtful and personal account of regans own journey and offers all canadians indigenous and non indigenous policymakers politicians teachers and students a new way of approaching the critical task of healing the wounds left by the residential school system. Unsettling the settler within indian residential schools truth telling and reconciliation in canada paulette regan e 965 r44 2010 the indian residential schools settlement agreements common experience payment and healing a qualitative study exploring impacts on recipients prepared for aboriginal healing foundation by principal investigator gwen reimer co investigators amy . In 2008 the canadian government apologized to the victims of the notorious indian residential school system and established a truth and reconciliation commission whose goal was to mend the deep rifts between aboriginal peoples and the settler society that engineered the system