Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18

This study is about the Burns Lake Indian Band's Indian Reserve No. 18 located in northwestern British Columbia. It is a case study that spans the 20th century. Through an analysis of archival documents pertaining to land loss I investigate the long term process that facilitated the alienation...

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Main Author: Sam, Cecilia
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2000
Subjects:
First Nations > Land tenure > British Columbia
First Nations > British Columbia > Burns Lake Region
Burns Lake (B.C.) > History
Ts'il Kaz Koh (Burns Lake) > History
Indian
First Nations
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10949
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spelling ftunivbritcolcir:oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/10949 2023-05-15T16:15:33+02:00 Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18 Sam, Cecilia Burns Lake (First Nation) Burns Lake (B.C.) 2000 5924062 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10949 eng eng For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. First Nations--Land tenure --British Columbia First Nations--British Columbia--Burns Lake Region Burns Lake (B.C.)--History Ts'il Kaz Koh (Burns Lake)--History Text Thesis/Dissertation 2000 ftunivbritcolcir 2019-10-15T17:49:06Z This study is about the Burns Lake Indian Band's Indian Reserve No. 18 located in northwestern British Columbia. It is a case study that spans the 20th century. Through an analysis of archival documents pertaining to land loss I investigate the long term process that facilitated the alienation of land from this Indian reserve. This thesis is about borders, spatial marginality and social geography and it focuses on power and inequality. Historical records reveal the genesis of growing polarization and deteriorating social relationships evident in the clearly demarcated communities which establish the Indian reserve and the Village of Burns Lake. Theoretical perspectives informing my analysis include social construction, standpoint theory, and the sociology of storytelling. It includes postmodernist concepts of authority and power. The storytelling process sets the stage for contested history. Arts, Faculty of Anthropology, Department of Graduate Thesis First Nations University of British Columbia: cIRcle - UBC's Information Repository Indian
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topic First Nations--Land tenure --British Columbia
First Nations--British Columbia--Burns Lake Region
Burns Lake (B.C.)--History
Ts'il Kaz Koh (Burns Lake)--History
spellingShingle First Nations--Land tenure --British Columbia
First Nations--British Columbia--Burns Lake Region
Burns Lake (B.C.)--History
Ts'il Kaz Koh (Burns Lake)--History
Sam, Cecilia
Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18
topic_facet First Nations--Land tenure --British Columbia
First Nations--British Columbia--Burns Lake Region
Burns Lake (B.C.)--History
Ts'il Kaz Koh (Burns Lake)--History
description This study is about the Burns Lake Indian Band's Indian Reserve No. 18 located in northwestern British Columbia. It is a case study that spans the 20th century. Through an analysis of archival documents pertaining to land loss I investigate the long term process that facilitated the alienation of land from this Indian reserve. This thesis is about borders, spatial marginality and social geography and it focuses on power and inequality. Historical records reveal the genesis of growing polarization and deteriorating social relationships evident in the clearly demarcated communities which establish the Indian reserve and the Village of Burns Lake. Theoretical perspectives informing my analysis include social construction, standpoint theory, and the sociology of storytelling. It includes postmodernist concepts of authority and power. The storytelling process sets the stage for contested history. Arts, Faculty of Anthropology, Department of Graduate
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title Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18
title_short Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18
title_full Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18
title_fullStr Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18
title_full_unstemmed Power and equality : "one" meets "two" on Burns Lake Indian Reserve no. 18
title_sort power and equality : "one" meets "two" on burns lake indian reserve no. 18
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