The primary objective of the report is to describe and clarify those departmental projects which help Indians and Metis move into the economic mainstream of Canadian life. More specifically, it examines programs used by Indians and Metis which are carried out in Western, Central, and Eastern Canada, under the Agricultural and Rural Development Act (ARDA); Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA); Newstart; Fund for Rural Economic Development (FRED); and Operation of the Rural Development Incentives Act (ORDIA). Information is provided on project's type (agriculture, recreation, tourism, fisheries, counseling, placement, occupational training, adult education, social adjustment, etc.); resource under development (natural, human, crafts and arts, and infrastructure); project item (land clearing, pasture expansion, operation and management, building roads, irrigation, feasibility studies, guiding, on the job training, demographic studies, etc.); province; Indian Band or Metis; departmental contribution; project number; and completion date. (PT)