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The power of place, the problem of time : Aboriginal identity and historical consciousness in the cauldron of colonialism Cover Image Book Book

The power of place, the problem of time : Aboriginal identity and historical consciousness in the cauldron of colonialism / Keith Thor Carlson.

Carlson, Keith, 1966- (Author). McHalsie, Albert Jules, 1956- (Added Author).

Summary:

This dissertation historicizes and explains the tensions that arose between localized and regionally dispersed expressions of group affiliation and political authority among the indigenous people of the Lower Fraser River watershed after European contact.

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  • ISBN: 9780802098399 (bound)
  • Physical Description: xix, 375 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.

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General Note:
"Foreword by Sonny McHalsie"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-361) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / Sonny McHalsie -- Acknowledgements -- Sect. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 1. Encountering lower Fraser River indigenous identity and historical consciousness -- Sect. 2. The underpinning of Sto:lo collective identities -- Ch. 2. Economics, geography, environment, and historical identity -- Ch. 3. Spiritual forces of historical affiliation -- Sect. 3. Movements and identities across time and space -- Ch. 4. From the Great Flood to smallpox -- Ch. 5. Events, migrations, and affiliations in the 'Post-Contact' world -- Sect. 4. Constricted movement and fractured identity -- Ch. 6. Identity in the emerging colonial order -- Ch. 7. Identity in the face of missionaries and the Anti-Potlatch Law -- Sect. 5. Expanded movement and the emergence of modern Sto:lo collective identity -- Ch. 8. Reservations for the Queen's birthday celebrations, 1864-1876 -- Ch. 9. Collective governance and the lynching of Louis Sam -- Sect. 6. Conclusion -- Ch. 10. Entering the twentieth century.

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