Students enrolled in Anthropology 362 (Aboriginal Cultures of North America) and people interested in relations between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian state  will find a new book by Sherene H. Razack a well-researched and throught-provoking read.   In Dying from Improvement: Inquests, and Inquiries Into Indigenous Deaths in Custody (University of Toronto Press, 2015) the author uses a post modernist perspective to offer a powerful critique of the Canadian settler state and its legal, educational, social, and health care systems.  She connects various expressions of violence, including the violence directed at Indigenous poeples in centuries past; the violence within federal residential schools and provincial foster care systems; the violence experience by Indigenous women on the streets of Canadian towns and cities; the violence perpetrated by  police and prison staff towards Indigenous youth, women and men; and lastly, the failure of heath care facilities to provide timely care.  Razack posits that the various inquiries and apologies offered by governments ignore the underlying cause, systematic and pervasive racism.  This a challenging read but well worth the effort.  It will change how we individually interpret our place in Canadian society.