AS LONG AS THE SUN SHINES AND WATER FLOWS: A READER IN CANADIAN NATIVE STUDIES Edited by A. L. Getty and Antoine Lussier. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, c1983. Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper #1. 362pp, paper, $29.95 (cloth), $12.50 (paper). ISBN 0-7748-0181-6 (cloth), 0-7748-0184-0 (paper). Grades 11 and up. Reviewed by David Chadwick. Volume 12 Number 3 1984 May The increased interest in native rights and social conditions in Canada is beginning to be reflected in the world of publishing with some recent major works such as Penny Petrone's First People, First Voices* and this current book. The book comprises some papers from a Native Studies Conference at Brandon University in 1981 together with the other previously published articles on important aspects of native history and conditions including the constitutional battles of 1981. Roughly half of the articles are reprinted from scholarly journals and are now available for the general public. The book is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the history of government control and its effect upon natives, the second section concerns native responses to changing conditions. The first section gives examples of how British and later Canadian governments set policy for dealing with natives and how out of touch with reality the policies usually were. The section ends with an uncredited paper entitled: "The Politics of Indians Affairs." The recent House of Commons report, Indian Self-Government in Canada among other things called for the abolition of the department of Indian affairs. Readers of this book will likely concur with the recommendation. The second section naturally enough has two articles on Louis Riel and the Metis rebellions. It also has interesting articles on such topics as, "Native People and the Justice System," the attempt to impose prohibition on reserves, the creation of private property and the results upon native society, and two articles on the Inuit. Finally there is an essay on "The Indian in Canadian Historical Writing 1971-1981." The tone of and content of all articles are academic and are written by noted authorities in their respective fields. The book is strongly recommended for senior high school students and beyond. It will likely be used as a text in many native studies courses in the years to come and is an impressive start for the Nakoda Institute Occasional Papers series. *Reviewed vol. XII/2 March 1984 p.74. David Chadwick, Norway House S. S., Norway House, MB.