Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions, Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Inuit -- Canada -- Social conditions, Inuit -- Canada 

x, 399 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 

Contents:
Toward a larger view of Canada's history: the Native factor / Olive Patricia Dickason
The missionary vision of the heart / Benjamin G. Smillie
The role of Native Elders: emergent issues / Joseph E. Couture
The framing of aboriginal art / Rita L. Irwin and Ruby Farrell
Contemporary Indian women / Cora J. Voyageur
Aboriginal leadership / Peter McFarlane
The politics of jurisdiction: indigenizing aboriginal-state relations / Augie Fleras
Contemporary demography of aboriginal peoples in Canada / Mary Jane Norris
Circles of healing: illness, healing, and health among aboriginal people in Canada / David Alan Long and Terry Fox
Aboriginal education at the crossroads: the legacy of residential schools and the way ahead / Jean Barman
Aboriginal people in urban areas / Evelyn Peters
Lessons in decolonization: aboriginal overrepresentation in Canadian criminal justice / Patricia A. Monture-Angus
Aboriginal peoples' vision of the future: interweaving traditional knowledge and new technologies / Simon Brascoupé
Trails of the spirit: the Native social movement in Canada / David Alan Long