Table of contents : 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 1 Chapter 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 Agreements Supplement 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