The Geography of Memory Reclaiming the Cultural, Natural and Spiritual History of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First People 2nd edition

SKU: 9781771605212

Author:
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
Grade Levels:
Adult Education
Nation:
Snayackstx (Sinixt)
Book Type:
Paperback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Rebel Mountain Press
Copyright Date:
2022

Price:
Sale price$30.00

Description

This compact book records a quest for understanding, to find the story behind the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First Nation. Known in the United States as the Arrow Lakes Indians of the Colville Confederated Tribes, the tribe lived along the upper Columbia River and its tributaries for thousands of years. In a story unique to First Nations in Canada, the Canadian federal government declared them “extinct” in 1956, eliminating with the stroke of a pen this tribe’s ability to legally access 80 per cent of their trans-boundary traditional territory.

Part travelogue, part cultural history, the book details the culture, place names, practices, and landscape features of this lost tribe of British Columbia, through a contemporary lens that presents all readers with an opportunity to participate in reconciliation.

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes is a writer who explores landscape and the human imagination, with a focus on the history of the upper Columbia River and its tributaries. photographs, illustrations, maps, and charts.

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