The power of place, the problem of time : Aboriginal identity and historical consciousness in the cauldron of colonialism

Carlson, Keith 1966- (Author). McHalsie, Albert Jules, 1956- (Added Author).

Summary: The Indigenous communities of the Lower Fraser River, British Columbia (a group commonly called the Stó:lõ), have historical memories and senses of identity deriving from events, cultural practices, and kinship bonds that had been continuously adapting long before a non-Native visited the area directly. In The Power of Place, the Problem of Time, Keith Thor Carlson re-thinks the history of Native-newcomer relations from the unique perspective of a classically trained historian who has spent nearly two decades living, working, and talking with the Stó:lõ peoples.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802098399 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0802098398 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780802095640 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 080209564X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xix, 375 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Foreword by Sonny McHalsie"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-361) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Encountering Lower Fraser River Indigenous Identity and Historical Consciousness -- The Underpinnings of Sto:lo Collective Identities [Stolo, Stalo Indians, BC, British Columbia] -- Economics, Geography, Environment and Historical Identity -- Spiritual Forces of Historical Affiliation -- Movements and Identities across space and time -- From the Great Flood to Smallpox -- Events, Migrations, and Affiliations in the "Post-contact World" -- Identity in the Emerging Colonial Order -- Constricted movement and fractured identity -- Identity in the Face of Missionaries and the Anti-Potlatch Law [Potlatch] -- Expanding movement and the emergence of modern Sto:lo collective identity -- Reservations for the Queen's Birthday Celebrations, 1864-1876 -- Collective Governance and the Lynching of Louie Sam -- Entering the Twentieth Century