Introduction : writing "Indians" and the Manichean allegory
Representation and identification : gender and genre in the first Canadian novel(s)
"A curiosity ... natural and feminine" : race, class, and gender in the colonial writings of Anna Jameson and Susanna Moodie
"Poor creatures, once so benighted" : imagining race in early colonial narratives
Inhabiting a Manicheal world view : colonialism, ideology, and discourse
Administering/ministering to the Indians : Duncan Campbell Scott and the politics of church and state
The temptations of Rudy Wiebe : history and postmodern Indians
"Contamination as literary strategy" : a postcolonial ideal
"Children of two peoples" : hybrid texts, hybrid people?
The healing aesthetic of Basil H. Johnston
Conclusion : finding an appropriate(d) voice.