In This Exciting New Addition To Oxford's Acclaimed Themes In Canadian Sociology Series, Author James S. Frideres Examines The Ways In Which Colonization And Government Action - And Inaction - Have Impacted First Nations Peoples In Canada Over The Last Three Centuries. Unlike Most Undergraduate Textbooks In This Area, Which Tend To Focus On All Three Aboriginal Groups In Canada, First Nations In The Twenty-first Century Is A Concise Yet Comprehensive Text That Focuses Exclusively On First Nations Peoples. Covering Such Crucial Topics As Trauma, Health And Well-being, Language, Law, And Politics, This Important And Innovative Text Is An Indispensable Core Or Supplemental Resource For Undergraduate Courses That Focus On First Nations Peoples.--publisher's Website. Pt. 1. First Nations History. Pre-contact -- Contact And European Settlement -- Widespread Settlement -- Government Action And Inaction -- Current State Of Affairs. Pt. 2. History Of Who Is Indian. The Indian Act -- 'indians' And 'first Nations' -- Identity. Pt. 3. Indigenous Ways Of Knowing. Epistemological Questions, Or How We Know What We Know -- Science Versus Indigenous Ways Of Living In Nature -- Cosmologies And Chaos Theory. Pt. 4. Aboriginal Residential Schools : Compensation, Apologies, And Truth And Reconciliation. A History Of Residential Schools -- Attempts To Resolve The Issue -- Justice And The Clash Of Cultures -- The Settlement -- The Apology -- Truth And Reconciliation Commission. Pt. 5. Intergenerational Trauma. The Role Of Culture -- Trauma And Intergenerational Trauma -- The Cost Of Trauma -- Consequences Of Trauma -- Confronting Trauma. Pt. 6. 'hear' Today, Gone Tomorrow : Aboriginal Languages. Language And Culture -- Aboriginal People And The Future -- The Link Between Social Structure And Language -- Language Shift, Continuity, And Fluency -- The Future Of Aboriginal Languages. Pt. 7. Well-being And Health. Etiology In Society -- The Health System -- Level Of Well-being -- State Of Health -- Disease And Disability. Pt. 8. The Duty Of Government And Fiduciary Responsibility. History Of Government Duty -- Fiduciary Duty -- The Courts Speak And The Government Reconsiders -- Extending The Concept Of Fiduciary Duty -- The Duty To Consult -- Governance -- The Rejection Of The First Nations Governance Act -- Community Governance. Pt. 9. Self-government, Aboriginal Rights And The Inherent Right Of First Nation Peoples. Governance And Accountability -- Aboriginal Rights And The Courts -- Inherent Rights And The Courts -- Self-government -- Self-determination -- Change In The Wind -- The Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples And Self-government. Pt. 10. The Political Economy Of First Nations. The Genesis Of The Problem -- Labour Markets And Canada's First Nations -- The Harvard Model -- Management And Control -- First Nations In The Canadian Economy -- A Case Study : Membertou Reserve. Pt. 11. The Bureaucracy : Indian And Northern Affairs Canada. Indian Affairs Mandate -- Policy Initiatives And The Budget -- Changing Priorities -- Accountability And Goal Achievement -- The Auditor General And Indian And Northern Affairs Canada. Pt. 12. Surviving In The Contemporary World : The Future Of First Nations People In Canada. How Many First Nations People? -- Residence -- Treaties -- Population Growth And Size : Fertility, Mortality, And Migration -- Demographic Profile Of Indian People -- Implications Of Demographic Changes. James S. Frideres. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [229]-241) And Index.