"In recent years, reconciliation has evolved as a potential approach to address First Nations-Canada conflicts. However, there has been no comprehensive study of what reconciliation means or entails. This thesis suggests the heart of reconciliation is essentially a parallel process of personal and political transformation from systems of domination to relationships of mutuality. It also suggests four guiding touchstones to create conditions for reconciliation: drawing on the fundamental worldviews of the parties themselves, transcending the victim-offender cycle, engaging in large-scale social change, and assessing appropriate timing and tactics"--abstract.