This book is about the struggles Aboriginal people have had in resisting the policies of the dominant society in Canada to assimilate them to Canada’s prevailing model of life. In recent years, particularly after the addition of an amendment to the Canadian constitution to recognize preexisting Aboriginal rights, the leverage to resist assimilation has increased. We argue that con-sultation and accommodation help to highlight the losses that First Nations have incurred, and hold the potential – through making these losses more visible – of reducing the losses.1To argue that some progress is possible may be startling, given the appear-ance of little change. As the example of Clayoquot Sound shows, provincial authorities strain to retain ultimate decision-making authority. Even when co-management authority seems to have been granted, the Nuu-chah-nulth have had to accept the structure of a traditional for-profit company, Iisaak, in order to obtain some portion of control over activities in their territory, although the rules for harvest were changed by the Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel, with significant Nuu-chah-nulth participation.