Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173).

Concerning aboriginal rights. Aboriginal rights and human rights: Some thoughts ; Socialism and Native Americans: A theoretical parenthesis ; Aboriginal rights are not human rights ; The emperor's old clothes. -- 50 years of struggle. 50 years in Indian country ; Inuit country ; The violence of the letter: Land claims and the continuing colonial conquest ; Towards a new policy paradigm for first peoples ; Turning the page on colonial oppression: Defenders of the land and idle no more!. -- Damned on this earth. Flooded and forgotten: Hydro development makes a battleground of Northern Manitoba ; The wolf has begun to howl: A report on the camp at grand rapids ; How to build a legacy of hatred ; As long as the money flows ; Marginal comment on another new building in downtown Winnipeg.

An historical overview of aboriginal and treaty rights in Canada with suggestions on ways to transform current policies to better support and invigorate indigenous culters.