The geography of memory : reclaiming the cultural, natural and spiritual history of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First people / Eileen Delehanty Pearkes ; foreword by Shelly Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearkes, Eileen Delehanty, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Boyd, Shelly, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sinixt Indians--History.

Sinixt Indians.

Human geography--British Columbia--Kootenay Region.

Human geography.

Kootenay Region (B.C.)--History.

Kootenay Region (B.C.).

Kootenay Region (B.C.)--Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First Rocky Mountain Books edition.

Place of Publication:

[Calgary, Alberta] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd, [2022]

Summary:

A provocative, historical investigation into the displacement of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First People of British Columbia's West Kootenays. This compact book records a quest for understanding, to find the story behind the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First Nation. Known in the United States as the Arrow Lakes Indians of the Colville Confederated Tribes, the tribe lived along the upper Columbia River and its tributaries for thousands of years. In a story unique to First Nations in Canada, the Canadian federal government declared them "extinct" in 1956, eliminating with the stroke of a pen this tribe's ability to legally access 80 per cent of their trans-boundary traditional territory. Part travelogue, part cultural history, the book details the culture, place names, practices, and landscape features of this lost tribe of British Columbia, through a contemporary lens that presents all readers with an opportunity to participate in reconciliation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pearkes, Eileen Delehanty The Geography of Memory

ISBN:

9781771605229

1771605227