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Lethal Legacy: Current Native Controversies in Canada. By J. R. Miller. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2004. xi + 299 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, Index. C$34.99 clorh, C$24.99 paper.
Apart from being from Western Canada, what do Louis Riel and Peter Lougheed have in common? According to J. R. Miller, the two have a shared heritage: both are Métis. Yet, in the eyes of Canadians, one is always identified as Métis while the other is not. This interesting parallel helps the author grapple with the complicated question of Native identity in the first chapter of Lethal Legacy: Current Native Controversies in Canada.
The reasons for writing a book with such a title are clearly indicated in the preface. Miller - professor of history and Canada Research Chair in Native-newcomer Relations at the University of Saskatchewan and the author of...