Sweet promises : a reader on Indian-white relations in Canada

Miller, J. R. (James Rodger), 1943- (Added Author).

Summary: Companion volume to earlier work: Skyscrapers hide the heavens. Previously published articles are concerned with developments in the various regions of Canada from the days of New France to the present. They deal with the early military alliances, relations at the time of the fur trade, civil Indian policy, treaties and reserves, the Northwest Rebellion, the impact of religion and agricultural and educational policies, the emergence of native political organization, differing attitudes towards the environment, and the struggle for aboriginal rights and contemporary land claims disputes. Introduction provides an overview of the history of Indian-white relations over five centuries.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802059451 (bound)
ISBN: 0802068189 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9780802068187 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0802059457 (bound) :
Physical Description: print
xix, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	New France -- Colonial Atlantic Canada -- Military alliance -- Emergence of civil Indian policy -- Emerging relationship in western Canada -- Treaties and reserves -- Northwest Rebellion -- Relations on the Pacific -- The Policy of the Bible and the plough -- Emergence of native political organization -- Contemporary disputes -- Native peoples and the environment.