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Making Native space : colonialism, resistance, and reserves in British Columbia  Cover Image Book Book

Making Native space : colonialism, resistance, and reserves in British Columbia / Cole Harris ; with cartography by Eric Leinberger.

Summary:

Provides a comprehensive account of how British Columbia relocated native peoples to reserved land and repossessed their lands for development, describing the impact this had on native lives and livelihoods, and examining the debate over native lands in the twentieth century.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780774809016 (softcover)
  • Physical Description: xxxi, 415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2002]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The colonial period -- The imperial background -- The Douglas years, 1850-64 -- Ideology and land policy, 1864-71 -- Province and dominion -- The confederation years, 1871-76 -- The Joint Indian Reserve Commission, 1876-78 -- Sproat and the native voice, 1878-80 -- Filling in the map -- O'Reilly, bureaucracy, and reserves, 1880-98 -- Imposing a solution, 1898-1938 -- Land and livelihood -- Native space -- Towards a postcolonial land policy.
Subject: Indigenous reservations > British Columbia > History.
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > British Columbia.
Indigenous peoples > British Columbia > Economic conditions.
Indigenous peoples > Canada.

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