The Wild Horse Canyon Trail: Shifting strategies of colonial settlement in the Okanagan

To help understand the changing relationships between First Nations and settler populations during the mid-to-late-nineteenth century, we present two examples of practical interaction among these groups in the Okanagan Valley. These two brief case studies are set around a trail that was initially us...

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Main Authors: Ewonus, Paul, Ewonus, George
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Archaeological Society of British Columbia 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-15260
https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23358
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Summary:To help understand the changing relationships between First Nations and settler populations during the mid-to-late-nineteenth century, we present two examples of practical interaction among these groups in the Okanagan Valley. These two brief case studies are set around a trail that was initially used by local First Nations to travel along the eastern side of Okanagan Lake and, as time progressed, reveal a changing role for Indigenous people in safeguarding and providing access to territorial lands. This is an electronic version of an article published as: Ewonus, P. & Ewonus, G. (2019). The Wild Horse Canyon Trail: Shifting strategies of colonial settlement in the Okanagan. The Midden, 49(2), 11-20. The Midden is the journal of the Archaeological Society of British Columbia and is available online at: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/midden/index. This article is available at: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/midden/article/view/19804. https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/23358/Ewonus2019.pdf?sequence=3