The burden of history : colonialism and the frontier myth in a rural Canadian community

Furniss, Elizabeth 1959- (Author).

Summary: "Concerns over Aboriginal treaties and their impact on the forest industry and the survival of forestry-dependent towns have resulted in increasingly tense relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal residents of interior British Columbia communities. In this ethnographic case study of Williams Lake, Elizabeth Furniss looks at the roots of social conflicts and examines how prevalent colonial assumptions of history, identity, and Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations affect the lives of all area residents."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0774807105
ISBN: 9780774807104
ISBN: 0774807113
ISBN: 9780774807111
ISBN: 0585319685
ISBN: 9780585319681
ISBN: 9780774852210
ISBN: 0774852216
Physical Description: print
xii, 237 pages : map ; 24 cm
Publisher: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, 1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Culture and Colonialism in rural British Columbia -- The burden of history -- The landscape of public history: pioneers, progress, and the myth of the frontier -- Mobilizing history: regional identities, pioneer traditions, and the frontier myth in political discourse -- Indians, whites, and common-sense racism -- Encountering histories: the land claims public forum -- Re-creating the wild west: negotiating Indianness in the Williams Lake Stampede -- The frontier complex: conclusions and comments.