| Summary: | This article sketches the broad contours of change and persistence in public opinion on selected aboriginal issues in Canada during the last part of the twentieth century, and conducts an exploratory investigation of patterns exhibited by different birth cohorts on those issues. Data are from large national surveys conducted in 1976, 1986, and 1998. Comparisons focus on awareness of events and phenomena in the realm of aboriginal affairs, 'generalized support' for aboriginal people, land claims, special status, and approval of the use of particular tactics. The birth cohorts on which the analysis focuses are: World War I Era and Earlier, Roaring Twenties, Depression, World War II, and the Early Baby Boomers. Late Boomers ('Gen-X') and the Baby Bust cohort are examined in a more cursory manner due to small sub-sample size.
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