Beothuk Research and Possible Film
In a timely follow-up to class discussions over the past weeks, The Toronto Star has run a piece about the extinction / extermination of the Beothuks of Newfoundland during the eighteen and early...
View ArticleAlaska Climate Change and Oral Tradition
The BBC Science Web Page has an interesting story about climate change in Alaska. Of note are the words of native elders and the comparisons made between scientific knowledge and local knowledge of...
View ArticleCanadian Aboriginal History Blog and Website
I recently stumbled across a neat website and blog devoted to Aboriginal History in Canada. Called Canadian Aboriginal History News, the site is a collection of blog posts and other interesting links...
View ArticleChilcotin War Article from UVic Historian
Professor John Lutz of the University of Victoria Department of History has published a neat piece on the Chilcotin war in the Winter 2005 issue of British Columbia Magazine (excerpt here). Titled...
View ArticleBiography of Frank Calder
The Protecting Knowledge Discussion Group has reproduced an informative biography/retrospective of Frank Calder’s life. Originally published in the Victoria Times-Colonist, the article discusses...
View ArticleLengthy Elaboration on Stanley Park History
Victor Guerin, Coordinator of the Musqueam Language and Culture Programme, has written a lengthy rebuttal and reply to the March 17, 2007 Vancouver Sun article about the archaeology of Stanley Park....
View Article“Extinct” First Nation Files Land Claim: Readers Respond
I tend to associate the issues surrounding unacknowledged tribes with the United States, but the Sinixt of British Columbia’s Kootenay region are making news here as an aboriginal group without legal...
View ArticleTahltan Declaration is 100 Years Old
The Tahltan people of northwestern British Columbia are celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Declaration of the Tahltan Tribe. The Declaration was signed on October 18, 1910. It asserts Tahltan...
View Article
