Politics & Government, Canada, Indigenous Peoples, First Nations, Legal status 

"Presents the native viewpoints on issues related to the government of status Indians such as aboriginal rights, treaty rights and Indian-provincial relationships." - Voila 

Contents
Cultural and ideological foundations. Spirituality, equality, and natural law / Oren Lyons -- Traditions of the constitution of the Six Nations / Tom Porter -- Ethnonationalist ideas. Nation-states, indigenous nations, and the great lie / Rudolph C. Ryser -- Traditional Indian government: of the people, by the people, for the people / Marie Smallface Marule -- Indian sovereignty: the American experience / Kirke Kickingbird -- Bureaucracy, public policy, and Indian government. Indian government in federal policy: an insider's views / David Nicholson -- Indian government: a concept in need of a definition / Sally M. Weaver -- Federal Indian policy and Indian self-government in Canada / J. Anthony Long, Leroy Little Bear, and Menno Boldt -- Indian self-government: a provincial perspective / H.W. Thiessen -- Federal government policies and Indian goals of self-government / Andrew Ebona -- Legal, political, and economic constraints. Indian self-government: a legal analysis / John D. Whyte -- Some current issues affecting Indian government / Douglas E. Sanders -- Thorns in the bed of roses: a socio-political view of the problems of Indian government / J. Rick Ponting and Roger Gibbins -- Social, economic, and organizational requisites for Indian government. How we regained control over our lives and territories: the Kahnawake story / Andrew Delisle -- Problems, prospects, and aspirations of the 'Real People' in America / Chief Earl Old Person -- Preparations for Indian government in Saskatchewan / Sol Sanderson -- What Canada's Indians want and the difficulties of getting it / Del Riley -- Self-government means biting the hand that feeds us / Sykes Powderface -- Indian government and the Constitution -- Appendix I: Indian government pursuant to the Indian Act -- Appendix II: Selected demographic information on status Indians -- Appendix III: Federal programs and services for status Indians 1982-3. 

Contains illustrations.