Colonial Encounters of First Peoples and First Anthropologists in British Columbia, Canada

• Main Authors: Carlson, Catherine C., Kehoe, Alice B.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Press of Florida 2019
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; First Nations
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813056241.003.0013

The earliest professional anthropological fieldwork undertaken within the Canadian province of British Columbia was by Harlan Smith, 1897-1899, sponsored by Franz Boas’ Jesup North Pacific Expedition. Smith’s professional publications from this work, prepared in the “objective scientific” mode of di...