Articles from Canada and the World Backgrounder (January 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A familiar refrain.			2603
A third way: for many decades Ottawa's approach to First Nations was to absorb them into mainstream society. In response to Native pressure, the federal government moved towards nationhood, treaties, land claims, and self-government for Aboriginal Peoples. Neither approach has been successful in dealing with First Nations' problems. Is it time to move to plan C?			2976
Canada's apartheid: racism impacts upon people's lives in many ways but it is in the justice system that Canada's First Nations experience the most readily apparent examples of institutional racism. Many Aboriginals believe the police and courts are used to suppress Native People in the same way as they were used in South Africa to keep down Blacks.			1867
Footprints in Terra Nullius.			394
From Oka to Okanagan: former Prime Minister Paul Martin, the 13 provincial and territorial premiers, and Native leaders gathered in British Columbia's beautiful Okanagan Valley, hoping to come up with a plan to end the terrible living conditions among Canada's First Nations People.			4021
Hitting rock bottom.			1947
Quote ... unquote.			256