Toward a larger view of Canada's history: the native factor /Olive Patricia Dickason -- The Role of Native Elders: emergent issues / Joseph E. Couture -- Elders' teachings in the twenty-first century: a personal reflection / Marlene Brant Castellano -- Foundations: First Nation and Métis families / Kim Anderson and Jessica Ball -- Learning from indigenous knowledge in education / Jan Hare -- Aborigianal languages in Canada: generational perspectives on language maintenance, loss, and revitalization / Mary Jane Norris -- Aboriginal demography / Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot -- Reclaiming aboriginality: from mainstream media representation to aboriginal self-representation / Augie Fleras -- First Nations women in Canada / Cora Voyageur -- The need for radical change in the Canadian Criminal Justice System: applying a human rights framework / Patricia A. Monture -- From paternalism to partnership: the challenges of aboriginal leadership / Brian Calliou -- Moving beyond the politics of aboriginal well-being, health, and healing / Martin Cooke and David Long -- Urban aboriginal people in Canada: community trends and issues of governance / Kevin FitzMaurice and Don McCaskill -- The Canada problem in aboriginal politics / David Newhouse and Yale Belanger -- Rekindling the fire: indigenous knowledge and new technologies / Simone Brascoupé.