Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: History of Indian-White Relations in Canada - Softcover

Miller, J. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802068693 ISBN 13: 9780802068699

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1991

Synopsis

Highly acclaimed when the first edition appeared in 1989, "Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens" is the first comprehensive account of Indian-white relations throughout Canada's history. J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current impasse in which Indians are resisting displacement and marginalization. This new edition is the result of substantial revision to incorporate current scholarship and bring the text up to date. It includes new material on the North, and reflects changes brought about by the Oka crisis, the sovereignty issue, and the various court decisions of the 1990s. It also includes new material on residential schools, treaty making, and land claims.

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Review

'A valuable history lesson to Canadians.'

'A close reading of this important book by the vast majority of Canadians, including natives themselves, would do much to advance the cause of native justice.' - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

'The best single volume on the long, difficult history of Indian-White relations is J.R. Miller's Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens, a careful, judicious examination of a steadily deteriorating relationship.' - J.L. Granatstein - National Post

'J.R. Miller's well-written account ... makes current native distrust of government motives and bargaining tactics in land-claims settlements all the more understandable and demonstrates that governments and the Canadian electorate have still to learn how to accommodate native aspirations for identity within the country's social and political framework.' - Jim Robb - Ottawa Citizen

'A valuable history lesson to Canadians.' - Saskatchewan Report Newsmagazine

'If we learn anything from history it will be because of histories like Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens, which help put into perspective what Buffy Ste. Marie sings about as the "bitter past" and give to Indian-white relations a sense of hope.' - M.T. Kelly - Globe and Mail

'A close reading of this important book by the vast majority of Canadians, including natives themselves, would do much to advance the cause of native justice.'

- Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

'The best single volume on the long, difficult history of Indian-White relations is J.R. Miller's Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens, a careful, judicious examination of a steadily deteriorating relationship.'

- J.L. Granatstein - National Post

'J.R. Miller's well-written account ... makes current native distrust of government motives and bargaining tactics in land-claims settlements all the more understandable and demonstrates that governments and the Canadian electorate have still to learn how to accommodate native aspirations for identity within the country's social and political framework.'

- Jim Robb - Ottawa Citizen

'A valuable history lesson to Canadians.'

- Saskatchewan Report Newsmagazine

About the Author

J.R. Miller is a Canada Research Chair and professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0802068693
• ISBN 13: 9780802068699
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 364