Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Native-Newcomer Relations in Canada, Fourth EditionFirst published in 1989, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens continues to earn wide acclaim for its comprehensive account of Native-newcomer relations throughout Canada’s history. Author J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current displacement and marginalization of the Indigenous population. The fourth edition of Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens is the result of considerable revision and expansion to incorporate current scholarship and developments over the past twenty years in federal government policy and Aboriginal political organization. It includes new information regarding political organization, land claims in the courts, public debates, as well as the haunting legacy of residential schools in Canada. Critical to Canadian university-level classes in history, Indigenous studies, sociology, education, and law, the fourth edition of Skyscrapers will be also be useful to journalists and lawyers, as well as leaders of organizations dealing with Indigenous issues. Not solely a text for specialists in post-secondary institutions, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens explores the consequence of altered Native-newcomer relations, from cooperation to coercion, and the lasting legacy of this impasse. |
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The first is the simple proposition that the nature of a relationship between two peoples of different backgrounds is largely determined by the reasons they have for interacting. This notion is a variation on the theme popularized by ...
One nation warred with another for revenge or for commercial reasons; it did not fight the other simply because the other was a different people. Belonging to the same linguistic family no more accounted for peaceful relationships ...
There was no distinction whatever between medicine and religion, for the simple reason that disease was believed to be caused by evil spirits, some of them implanted by witchcraft. All religious behaviour was closely associated with the ...
Though the Western European countries had economies that were diversified, and though the primary economic ambitions of these peoples differed widely, there were but a few economic reasons for the Europeans' approach to North America.
In time, and for reasons that will be explained later, this first contact led to an extensive commercial relationship between coastal Algonkians, such as the Mi'kmaq, and Europeans. Occasional visits of fishers produced meetings; ...
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