Reconfiguring Aboriginal State Relations Dene Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History reconstructs important moments in Dene history He raised a family and even sought out his birth family but remained with his Ojibwe family in Michigan Recent intellectual and policy work on Aboriginal state relations in the context of Canadian federalism has not kept pace with an increasingly socio demographically diverse Aboriginal population which has complex relationships with non Aboriginal peoples and governments Drawn from a variety of disciplines and perspectives and including a cross section of Aboriginal and non Aboriginal voices