Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations: Selected Essays

Jonathan Anuik is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History and
president of the HGSC at the University of Saskatchewan.

Reflections on Native–Newcomer Relations is a history of J.R.
Miller’s research in the field and a presentation of directions for
future study.

The book is divided into five sections: historiography, methodology,
policy, the Crown, and academe. Questions raised in each section concern
the history of the field and Miller’s professional involvement in it;
issues regarding who has the authority to investigate; the genesis of
Canadian and American federal government initiatives, and Aboriginal
responses to such initiatives; the forging of relationships between
Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals; the authority of the Crown to determine
the direction of treaties and legal actions; and the positioning of the
study of Native–newcomer relations in the academy. In the final
section, Miller looks at the future paths of this field of study, and
promotes the continued acceptance of Aboriginals within the corridors of
Canada’s institutions of higher learning.

Students, researchers, academics, and newcomers to the topic will
benefit from the organization and depth of Miller’s work.