Chapter 1 The First Nations of Canada: social welfare and the quest for self-government / Hugh Shewell -- chapter 2 Social welfare of the indigenous peoples within the United States of America / Joyce M. Kramer -- chapter 3 The Huichol and Yaqui Indians of Mexico / Sandra Luz Navarro Pulgarin -- chapter 4 Social welfare of indigenous populations in Brazil / Celso Barroso Leite -- chapter 5 Welfare rules and indigenous rights: the Sami people and the Nordic welfare states / Sven E. Olsson -- chapter 6 The Gypsies and the social services in Spain -- chapter 7 From exclusion to dependence: Aborigines and the welfare state in Australia / J.C. Altman -- chapter 8 Bi-culturalism, social policy and parallel development: the New Zealand/Maori experience / Ian Culpitt -- chapter 9 Social welfare of indigenous peoples in Zimbabwe / Saliwe M. Kawewe -- chapter 10 The impact of the social-welfare system on the Temne ethnic group of Sierra Leone / Alfred A. Jarrett