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

• Main Authors: Ewonus, Paul, Ewonus, George
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Archaeological Society of British Columbia 2019
• Subjects: Archaeology and history > British Columbia > Okanagan Valley; Okanagan Valley (B.C.) > Colonization; Syilx > Land tenure; Whites > British Columbia > Okanagan Valley > Relations with Indigenous peoples; Wild Horse Canyon Trail (B.C.); British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-15260; https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23358

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