Includes bibliographical references.

1. The land -- A century of unfinished business -- Royal Proclamation of 1763 -- treaties -- 2. Energy -- Our most non-renewable, non-returnable throw-a-way product -- 3. The mushroom society -- Paternalism, colonialism, and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development -- 4. Beads and blankets -- A look at two modern-day settlements in James Bay and Alaska -- 5. The Yukon -- Together today for our children tomorrow and a growing white backlash -- 6. Northern Manitoba -- The saga of how the Manitoba government and its crown corporation betrayed the native people -- Manitoba hydro -- Churchill diversion plan -- Nelson House -- 7. Northwest British Columbia -- Where violence may be the only way to make things change -- Nishga [Nisga'a] land claim settlement -- 8. The Northwest Territories -- Where land is more important than money -- Berger Report -- 9. The churches -- From the paternalism of yesterday to the liberation of today -- 10. Alternatives -- A search for new policies of northern development