The Smallpox War Against the Haida and Closing the Colonial Era
The Smallpox War Against the Haida reviews the written record as it reflects on the widespread teaching among the Peoples concerned that Governor James Douglas oversaw an intentional mass killing during 1862/63 using smallpox as a tool. After the Book was completed,...
The tragedy of Ahan, martyred by the Crown on July 18, 1865
What is the story of Ahan, the “Chilcotin Chief” martyred by the Crown in British Columbia on July 18, 1865, and exonerated by BC in 2014 and by Canada in 2019? And the story of his partner in action, Lutas? The Crown sentenced Lutas to hang with Ahan, but Lutas...
The curators of BC history still recruit innocents to the work of an ongoing genocide
In a case of genocide, one community might seek to erase another even from memory. This erasure helps the killers cope with the gross cruelty of killing innocents en masse. It also tends to reduce the shame attracted by a community unwilling to renounce a genocidal...
Will Canada finally restore peace to Tsilhqot’in territory?
The Government of Canada and the Tsilhqot’in National Government have announced that, “As a symbolic gesture of reconciliation,” Canada will “offer a statement of exoneration” for the six Tsilhqot’in Chiefs martyred by the Crown in 1864/65. This is an outline of the events commonly known as the Chilcotin War.
A New World treasure: hunting and fishing
A rare image from an 1868 hunting journal depicts natives fishing in the Chilcotin River.
A Tsilhqot’in treasure: an assertion of sovereignty
A rare image from an 1868 hunting journal depicts a confrontation between a Tsilhqot’in man and two Frenchmen over the unauthorized hunting of a deer.
Central Coast Regional District recognizes smallpox genocide
The Central Coast Regional District has become the second B.C. government body to recognize officially that the smallpox epidemics of 1862/63 that decimated the indigenous population within its area were an instance of genocide.
Artwork captures historic first meeting between the Nuxalk and British Columbia
Shawn Swanky’s dramatic and detailed artistic rendering of this meeting incorporates every known detail about the occasion.
The Dishonor of the Crown and Old Fort Chilcotin
In 1864, the Tsilhqot’in killed 17 settlers over artificial smallpox epidemics. Advertising a peace conference, B.C. ambushed the Tsilhqot’in delegates and hanged five.
The Smallpox Graveyard in Fortune’s Field at Splatsin
On July 16, 2016, the Splatsin community near Enderby, B.C. is set to answer the question “Should Splatsin enter into the Fortune Field Specific Claims Settlement Agreement?” Canada’s offer to settle this issue has two components: 1) A payment of $300,000. Canada...