Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / L. M. Findlay -- Introduction: Unfolding the Lessons of Colonization / Marie Battiste -- Prologue: The Experience of Colonization Around the World / Erica-Irene Daes -- Western Door: Mapping Colonialism -- 1. The Context of the State of Nature / James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson -- 2. Indigenous Peoples and Postcolonial Colonialism / Robert Yazzie -- 3. Hawaiian Statehood Revisited / Poka Laenui (Hayden F. Burgess) -- Northern Door: Diagnosing Colonialism -- 4. Postcolonial Ghost Dancing: Diagnosing European Colonialism / James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson -- 5. Jagged Worldviews Colliding / Leroy Little Bear -- 6. Applied Postcolonial Clinical and Research Strategies / Bonnie Duran and Eduardo Duran -- 7. Transforming the Realities of Colonialism: Voyage of Self-Discovery / Ian Hingley -- Eastern Door: Healing Colonized Indigenous Peoples -- 8. A Different Yield / Linda Hogan -- 9. From Hand to Mouth: The Postcolonial Politics of Oral and Written Traditions / J. Edward Chamberlin -- 10. The "Repressive Tolerance" of Cultural Peripheries / Asha Varadharajan --

11. Processes of Decolonization / Poka Laenui (Hayden F. Burgess) -- 12. Postcolonial Ledger Drawing: Legal Reform / James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson -- 13. Invoking International Law / Ted Moses -- Southern Door: Visioning the Indigenous Renaissance -- 14. Indigenous Knowledge: The Pueblo Metaphor of Indigenous Education / Gregory Cajete -- 15. Maintaining Aboriginal Identity, Language, and Culture in Modern Society / Marie Battiste -- 16. Protecting and Respecting Indigenous Knowledge / Graham Hingangaroa Smith -- 17. Kaupapa Maori Research / Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith -- 18. Ayukpachi: Empowering Aboriginal Thought / James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson -- App. 1. Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples -- App. 2. Saskatoon Declaration of Indigenous Cultural Restoration and Policy Recommendations on Cultural Restoration Developed at the Saskatoon Summer Institute.