Table of Contents
Contents Preface, Note, Acknowledgements ix 1 - Suicides, poisoned rivers, bureaucratic control, a life once good 3 2 - Discrimination, residential schools, first Indian protest march 27 3 - High-fashion furs, no economic base, pregnant at 13 59 4 - Minister in buckskin, a gifted woman, the cost of political life 81 5 - Sawmill and fish hatchery, counselling suicidal youth 93 6 - Cruiser and jingle dance, back to the bush, a tortured life 111 7 - Forced west, New France, British control, War of 1812 129 8 - The devastating impact of alcohol on the Indian people 165 9 - Sexual abuse, poor health, bad housing, erasing culture 174 10 - Settlers moving west, end of the buffalo, treaty negotiations 207 11 - Negotiating Treaty #3, divide and conquer, no arable land 234 12 - "Intractable" Blackfoot, refugee Sioux, Crowfoot and Red Crow 257 13 - No two-way negotiations, "British Indians on British soil" 284 14 - Short-term measures, self-supporting Indians, Superintendencies 303 15 - Transition to farming, early successes, pushed off fertile land 317 16 - Leaving the reserve, first Indian lawyer, need for reform 334 17 - Entrepreneurial woman, isolated nurse, National Indian Council 352 18 - Kahnawake Mohawks, culture clash, parting of the ways 366 19 - 1969 White Paper, Martin O'Connell, Red Paper, backing down 382 20 - Wuttunee speaks out, integration vs. segregation, getting along 405 21 - Dilapidated school, social discord, drug abuse, police outreach 422 22 - Counselling inmates, taking a stand, restoring language/culture 438 23 - Oka factor, $70 million settlement, entrepreneurial initiatives 451 24 - Graduation ceremonies, leg lost, drinking again, reflections 457 Bibliography 465 About the Author 467