Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the Author; List of Abbreviations; Part One Introduction and Socio-Economic Overview; Chapter 1 Annotated Introduction and Overview; Part Two A Voyage to Hell and Back: From First Contact to Sesquicentennial; Chapter 2 First Nations Demographic and Socio-Economic Indicators in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 3 Milestones in Canada-Indigenous Relations: From Columbus to the Constitution Act, 1982; Supplement 3.1: The Iroquois in North America
Supplement 3.2: Address of Chief Dave Courchene on the Occasion of the Centenary of Treaty 1Chapter 4 A New Beginning: From the Constitution Act, 1982 to the Sesquicentennial; Part Three Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation; Chapter 5 Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; Chapter 6 The Supreme Court and the Evolution of Aboriginal Rights and Aboriginal Title; Part Four Analytical Perspectives; Chapter 7 Embracing Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens; Part Five Voyages of Recovery
Chapter 8 First Nations Land Claims AgreementsSupplement 8.1: The Structure of the Indian Act: Accountability in Governance; Chapter 9 Inuit Land Claims Agreements; Part Six A Pathway Forward for Treaty First Nations; Chapter 10 The Commonwealth of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (CSIN); Chapter 11 Conclusion; Appendix A The Numbered Treaties: Making Way for the White Man; Appendix B Text of Treaty 6; References
Summary
"Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens begins with a detailed policy history from first contact to the Sesquicentennial with major emphasis on the evolution of Canadian policy initiatives relating to Indigenous peoples. This is followed by a focus on the key Supreme Court decisions that have dramatically enhanced Indigenous peoples' legal and constitutional rights. Attention is then directed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the associated 'Calls to Action, ' including their relationship to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."-- From publisher's website
