Miller, Jim

Text of lecture given by the Canada Research Chair in Native -Newcomer Relations. Examines the Native-newcomer relationship, including treaty negotiations from first contact forward.

Focuses on the history of the State/Church relationship in terms of the administration of Canadian schools and the reparations for survivors. Compares the Australian experience. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 59. Paper presented at "ACSANZ (Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand) 08".

Critical commentary on the article "Desperately Seeking Absolution: Native Agency as Colonist Alibi?" by Robin Brownlie and Mary-Ellen Kelm, published in Canadian Historical Review Vol. 75, No. 4, December 1994, pp. 543-557.

These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and policies of fiscal austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 36.

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, bulletins, legal documents, transcripts, submissions and the English and French versions of the Final Report. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Discusses greater emphasis that is currently placed on social history of Métis communities and concludes that further investigations should consider the importance of class as well as comparisons of relevant experience of parallel peoples in other lands.

Discusses dispute over title to lands occupied by the Mohawk and the implications for larger land claim resolution processes across Canada.

Review of the book: Handbook of North American Indians Vol. 13, Parts 1 and 2: Plains edited by Raymond J. Demallie.

Discusses landmark court cases dealing with fishing rights in Nova Scotia and a dispute involving Aboriginal title which took place in British Columbia. Chapter two from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

Book review of: Indian Treaty-Making Policy in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 by Jill St. Germain.

Book review of: Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada by J.R. Miller.

Short video about research on treaty rights and the abuse that occurred at residential schools.

Book review of: Kahnawá:ke: Factionalism, Traditionalism, and Nationalism in a Mohawk Community by Gerald F. Reid.

Book review of: Lethal Legacy by J.R. Miller.

Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.

Five Canadian historians comment of the contents of the anthology entitledOn the Case: Explorations in Social History.

Discusses cultural suppression and resistance recorded through oral history and historical documentation.

Brief discussion of how schools functioned, abuses that took place, churches and government's response to law suits, settlement agreements and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Chapter eight from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

See:

Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.

Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.

Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légar&eacute.

Book reviews of: They Called it Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School by K. Tsianina Lomawaima To Change Them Forever: Indian Education at the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1893-1920 by Clyde Ellis Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools by J.R. Miller.

Book review of: Aboriginal People and Other Canadians edited by Martin Thornton, Roy Todd, and David N. Collins.