Miller, Jim

Book reviews of: As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram. Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark. Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon. The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore. Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson. Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.

Book review of: Severing the Ties that Bind by Katherine Pettipas.

Book review of: Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools by J. R. Miller.

Book review of: Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens by J.R. Miller. Scroll down to page 97 to read review.

Book review of: Spirit Wars: Native North American Religion in the Age of Nation Building by Ronald Niezen.

Outlines the memorable and lengthy case, and reflects on the complexities of residential school abuse litigations.

Book review of: The Blackfoot Confederacy, 1880-1920: A Comparative Study of Canadian and U.S. Indian Policy by Hana Samek.

Book review of: The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, vol. 1: North America (Parts 1 and 2) edited by. Bruce G. Trigger and Wilcomb E. Washburn. Entire book review section of one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 607.

Book review of: The Dakota of the Canadian Northwest: Lessons for Survival by Peter Douglas Elias.

Book review of: The Heavens are Changing: Nineteenth-Century Protestant Missions and Tsimshian Christianity by Susan Neylan. To access this review, scroll to page 184.

Book review of: The Ojibwa of Western Canada 1780-1870 by Laura L. Peers.

Book review of: The Path's of Katheri's Kin by Christopher Vecsey.

Book review of: The Red Man's on the Warpath by R. Scott Sheffield.

Explains why treatiesand argeements to share territory, are important building blocks of modern Canada.

Video reports that Canadian law recognizes treaties as solemn, sacred agreements that create legally enforceable obligations on behalf of the First Nations and the Crown. Duration: 33:08.

Discussion of the history of the social problems, litigation and abuse that are products of the residential schools.

Book review of: Urban Indian Reserves edited by F. Laurie Barron and Joseph Garcea.

Examines how, in spite of increasingly hostile Colonial, then Canadian government relations toward First Nations people, they still maintained a strong attachment to the monarchy.

Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations traces the history of treaty-making from its early beginnings with the Peace and Friendship Treaties through to the present day. Lecture given at Dalhousie University. Duration: 41:17.

Speaker discusses the initial relationship between Aboriginals and Europeans, the motives behind the numbered treaties, the two parties' differing interpretations of the agreements, and the modern situation. Lecture given at the University of Victoria. Duration: 40:16.

Speaker focuses on the history of First Nations-settler relations and treaty-making in British Columbia. Lecture given at the University of Victoria. Duration: 38:55.

Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations traces history of treaty-making in Canada, with particular reference to Ontario. Lecture given at the University of Waterloo. Duration: 44:36.

Discusses a separate genre called Native newcomer history.