Papers assess prospects for greater empowerment of smaller predominantly Aboriginal communities. Examines the need for Northern peoples to have more control over social programs and economic conditions that determine their material and spiritual well-being. Preface by Gurston Dacks. Papers by: Ken Coates; Lynda Lange; John D. O'Neil; Harald W. Finkler; William E. Rees; Tom G. Svensson; and Robert F. Keith and David A. Neufeld.