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Over the past number of years there has been increased interest in racism and anti-racism amongst geographers. This paper focuses on one type of anti-racism methodology that relates to critically interrogating my own white colonial... more
This book won the Canadian Historical Association's "Best Book in Aboriginal History Prize" in 2011, as well as the Canadian Historical Association's "Clio Prize for Best Book in British Columbia History" in 2011. It explores the history... more
In 1907 and 1908, the governments of four provinces – Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and British Columbia – introduced policies to encourage the display of flags on public school buildings and grounds. In British Columbia, the question... more
The extraordinary story of the Nahuhulk, a Tlingit/Tsimshian copper artifact of great power, prestige, and value. This tale narrates the story of the Copper from its forging in a Tlngit village in the 1700s, its acquisition by the chief... more
The tlakwa or Copper is a symbol of surplus wealth, cultural nourishment, conspicuous consumption and spiritual power among the Kwakiutl, the Tsimshian, the Tlingit, the Haida, and other indigenous peoples of coastal British Columbia.... more
This chapter describes evidence of past Secwépemc plant use derived from archaeological investigations conducted in south-central British Columbia (Canada) by Nicholas and colleagues on the Kamloops Indian Reserve between 1991 and 2004.... more
There is a deeply held bias in Northwest Coast scholarly literature that suggests pre-contact Indigenous warfare was primarily made up of surprise ‘raids’ and ambushes that lacked strong leadership or organisation. At the time of contact... more
This dissertation concerns making music as a utopian ecological practice, skill, or method of associative communication where participants temporarily move towards idealized relationships between themselves and their environment. Live... more
Here's the preface and introductory chapter for my new book on the Kwakwaka'wakw totem pole carver Charlie James, which is being published this year by the University of Toronto Press.
En este apartado, el autor ha compilado cuatro publicaciones lanzadas por la revista de cultura y ciencia D&M en España en el año 2018. Estas entregas corresponden con la historia del noroeste canadiense, sobre todo la provincia de la... more
This dissertation investigates the ideology of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, an urban forest adjacent to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Using the tools of archaeology and anthropology, I analyse the history,... more
This paper looks at the remarkable sculpture of the late Haida artist Bill Reid and the relationships between the Haida people of British Columbia and the Raven a classic 'decepteur' or trickster.
This paper explores the historiography of Hawaiian mobility in the 19th century, with reference to mobilities that took place through Kānaka Maoli engagements as servants for the Hudson’s Bay Company of London. In recharting Hawaiian... more
invisible. About female Collectors and "colonial context" A survey of ethnographic collections with a “colonial context” shows almost exclusively male collectors' names including a few indigenous collectors. But were women really not... more
The Columbia River today offers few sites for study of its use by fur traders. For about five decades at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Boat Encampment, at the first big bend of the Columbia, was a key trans-shipment point on... more
This paper is one aspect of a larger research project on crime and legal culture in the Peace River country of British Columbia from 1910 to 1960. A primary concern of this project is to capture the region's crime history, legal culture... more
The erection of dams for the production of hydroelectricity for the Pacific Northwest and for irrigation projects in the United States and Canada drowned many an indigenous site of food harvesting and social assembly. Sites made famous by... more
British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley was neither unique nor isolated in Canadian history, as is sometimes presented in historiography of the region. Two transcontinental railways, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Canadian National... more
The hIstorical debate aver Aboriginal resource use has occurred primarily wIthin a judicial system where Native people are compelled to try and define their Aboriginal rights against government policies whIch all too often reflected... more
Abstract: In this article I revisit and expand upon George Smith’s (1990) landmark article, “Political Activist as Ethnographer.” Political activist ethnography (PAE) is a specialized form of ... more
Die Sammlungsbestände des Ethnologischen Museums bilden in mehrfacher Hinsicht einen Spiegel interkultureller Phänomene des Zusammenwachsens unserer Welt. Dem Aspekt des Wechsels der Erzählperspektive und der Vielfalt der Stimmen kommt in... more
Relatively few Francophones participated in the Cariboo Gold Rush. Honoré Robillard's dismal letter home cursing the day he left for BC provides some insight into why.
Introduced as a federal-provincial cost-sharing program in the 1960s, Canadian Medicare arose in the context of competing provincial models implemented by Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. This article examines Bennettcare in... more
Above the entrance to the Finnish Labour Temple, in what was once Port Arthur in northern Ontario, is the motto labor omnia vincit – “hard work conquers all.” Since 1910, these words have reflected the dedication of the Finnish community... more
Gives an overview of the scholarly debates that took place in Canada on issues concerning the strategies of development to be pursued by the Native Indian Self-governments for the development of Native Canadian Indians. Published in... more
With its long history of separatist movements, Vancouver Island could well have become Canada's eleventh province.
Seaweeds of Vancouver Island are abundant and have long been tended, fertilized and harvested by First Nations. As an ecosystem, kelp forests are considered one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. They offer high species... more
During the Second World War Howard Charles Green (Progressive Conservative MP for Vancouver-South) advocated the evacuation, as well as subsequent repatriation of Japanese Canadians and continued to support restrictionist immigration... more
I wish to formally acknowledge that the city of Vancouver is on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish speaking peoples and thank them for the guardianship of this place. Beginning in the 1960s Vancouver's hyper active... more
"Into that Country to Work" builds on research conducted during my MA thesis at UNBC. Barkerville lies within Dakelh territory, yet little scholarly research exists on First Nations people living there during the famous Cariboo Gold Rush... more