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Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations: Selected Essays.(Book Review)

Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal

| March 22, 2005 | Friesen, John W. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Canadian Ethnic Studies Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations: Selected Essays. J.R. Miller. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 304 pp. incl. bibliography; $27.95 sc: $65.00 hc.

This is a book of readings unlike most, as the same author has written all twelve essays. The various essays were penned during the last two decades and assembled as a collection at the request of Bill Harnum, vice-president (scholarly publishing), and Gerald Hallowell, former history editor at the University of Toronto. The book represents research conducted by one of Canada's foremost scholars on Aboriginal history and gives hints as to how his thinking progressed during the time period represented by these writings.

Miller tackles a variety of topics pertaining to matters affecting Canada's First Nations, including historiography, government Indian policy, Indigenous lobbying in England, the role of the Crown in Indian affairs,…

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