Reactions to contact and colonization : an interpretation of religious and social change among Indians of British Columbia

• Main Author: Rumley, Hilary Eileen
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1973
• Subjects: First Nations > British Columbia; First Nations > Rites and Ceremonies; First Nations > Social Life and Customs; First Nations > Colonization; British Columbia; Canada; Indian; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33095

This thesis examines the development of the reactions of Indians of British Columbia to contact and colonization. It is maintained that religious and social changes which have occurred among Indians of British Columbia since contact with the White man can best be understood when interpreted as phase...