Spuzzum : Fraser Canyon histories, 1808-1939

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Spuzzum : Fraser Canyon histories, 1808-1939 / Andrea Laforet and Annie York.

Laforet, Andrea Lynne, 1948- (Author). York, Annie, 1904-1991 (Added Author). Canadian Museum of Civilization. (Added Author).

Summary:

Living along the banks of the Fraser River, the Nlaka'pamux people of Spuzzum have a long history of contact with non-Aboriginal peoples. In 1808, they hosted Simon Fraser as an overnight guest, they later watched as Hudson's Bay Company employees hacked a path through the mountains for the fur trade, and over time they found themselves in the path of virtually every commercial and government initiative undertaken in the region over the past two centuries. Juxtaposing historical narratives and cultural interpretation from the community of Spuzzum with archival information, this book explores the history of Spuzzum in the light of concepts central to the Nlaka'pamux definitions of family, political authority, land, and cosmos.

Record details

ISBN: 0774806664
ISBN: 9780774806664
ISBN: 0774806672
ISBN: 9780774806671
Physical Description: xiv, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press published in association with the Canadian Museum of Civilization, ©1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: Fraser Canyon Histories -- 1. Spuzzum -- 2. Song for Simon Fraser, Song for Mount Baker: Strangers in the Land -- 3. Land and Cosmos in a Shifting Economy -- 4. Nlaka'pamux Thought and the Christian Church -- 5. Families, Identities, and a War Widow's Pension -- 6. Chiefs and Land -- 7. A Pause in the Story -- Postscript: Approaching the Past -- App. Resource-Use Place Names -- Glossary of Nlaka'pamux Terms.