Remembering Tomorrow: Wagon Roads, Identity and the Decolonization of a First Nations Landscape
Roads embody the experiences of those who construct, use and maintain them through time. Using a biographical approach I explore how memory and identity are entangled in the material remains of a wagon road in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. First constructed by the Royal Engineers in 1859 to...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:922ea3c0c1824be382df4cdb9305bb3f 2023-05-15T16:16:37+02:00 Remembering Tomorrow: Wagon Roads, Identity and the Decolonization of a First Nations Landscape Erin L.S. Gibson 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5130/phrj.v23i0.5326 https://doaj.org/article/922ea3c0c1824be382df4cdb9305bb3f EN eng UTS ePRESS https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/phrj/article/view/5326 https://doaj.org/toc/1833-4989 doi:10.5130/phrj.v23i0.5326 1833-4989 https://doaj.org/article/922ea3c0c1824be382df4cdb9305bb3f Public History Review, Vol 23 (2016) Wagon roads Lillooet River Valley identity heritage memory indigenous History (General) D1-2009 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5130/phrj.v23i0.5326 2022-12-31T02:09:14Z Roads embody the experiences of those who construct, use and maintain them through time. Using a biographical approach I explore how memory and identity are entangled in the material remains of a wagon road in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. First constructed by the Royal Engineers in 1859 to enable miners to reach the Fraser River goldfields, the importance of this road transcends its colonial origins. Entwined in different webs of meaning, the material remains of the wagon road continue to play a role in the lives of people today. In this article I investigate the significance of this wagon road to the indigenous Stl’atl’imx (pronounced Stat-lee-um) people of the lower Lillooet River Valley who aim to preserve it as a part of decolonizing and reclaiming their traditional territory and identity. I also look at the road’s importance to a group of Grade 10 students who experience it as part of a high school excursion that teaches outdoor survival skills alongside lessons about British Columbia’s historic past. While these two groups have different experiences of the colonial encounter, for each their understanding of the road goes beyond its physical form to its ‘place’ in understanding their own identity. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Fraser River ENVELOPE(-62.243,-62.243,56.619,56.619) Goldfields ENVELOPE(-108.485,-108.485,59.467,59.467) Public History Review 23 25 42 |
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Roads embody the experiences of those who construct, use and maintain them through time. Using a biographical approach I explore how memory and identity are entangled in the material remains of a wagon road in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. First constructed by the Royal Engineers in 1859 to enable miners to reach the Fraser River goldfields, the importance of this road transcends its colonial origins. Entwined in different webs of meaning, the material remains of the wagon road continue to play a role in the lives of people today. In this article I investigate the significance of this wagon road to the indigenous Stl’atl’imx (pronounced Stat-lee-um) people of the lower Lillooet River Valley who aim to preserve it as a part of decolonizing and reclaiming their traditional territory and identity. I also look at the road’s importance to a group of Grade 10 students who experience it as part of a high school excursion that teaches outdoor survival skills alongside lessons about British Columbia’s historic past. While these two groups have different experiences of the colonial encounter, for each their understanding of the road goes beyond its physical form to its ‘place’ in understanding their own identity. |
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