Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. About the Author xiii
6. List of Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction and Socio-Economic Overview
8. Annotated Introduction and Overview 3
9. A Voyage to Hell and Back: From First Contact to Sesquicentennial
10. First Nations Demographic and Socio-Economic Indicators in Comparative Perspective 17
11. Milestones in Canada-Indigenous Relations: From Columbus to the Constitution Act, 1982 43
12. A New Beginning: From the Constitution Act, 1982 to the Sesquicentennial 89
13. Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation
14. Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future1 117
15. The Supreme Court and the Evolution of Aboriginal Rights and Aboriginal Title 143
16. Analytical Perspectives
17. Embracing Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens 167
18. Voyages of Recovery
19. First Nations Land Claims Agreements 181
20. Inuit Land Claims Agreements 221
21. A Pathway Forward for Treaty First Nations
22. The Commonwealth of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (CSIN) 235
23. Conclusion 263
24. The Numbered Treaties: Making Way for the White Man 267
25. Text of Treaty 6 287
26. References 294