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By Robert James Muckle

ISBN-10: 077480663X

ISBN-13: 9780774806633

The 1st countries of British Columbia provides a concise and obtainable evaluate of First countries peoples, cultures, and matters within the province. Robert Muckle familiarizes readers with the historical past, variety, and complexity of First international locations which will supply a context for modern matters and tasks.

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Namu, on the central coast of British Columbia and in the traditional territory of the Heiltsuk, provides a sequence of lifeways spanning close to 10,000 years. Namu is one of the most intensively studied archaeological sites in the province. Excavations during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s have provided a wealth of information on coastal prehistory, particularly about subsistence. Several sites in the 7,000-9,000 year range have been found in the southern interior of the province. Because it contained the oldest human remains in the province, Gore Creek is one of the most significant.

They are confident that direct ancestry for most First Nations can be traced at least 1,000 and in some cases 5,000 or more years into the past. Migrations of groups into territory previously sparsely occupied have been identified, such as movement of a group from the northeastern part of the province into the Nicola Valley in the southern interior several hundred years ago. There is little evidence, however, of large-scale migrations of people displacing pre-existing nations. Boundaries between nations have shifted through time but most nations have probably maintained their core territories for a very long time.

40 Ethnology in British Columbia Ktunaxa men, late 1880s. Like many First Nations leaders, Chief Isadore, centre, had protested against incursions on First Nations territories. Ktunaxa settlement, turn of the century. The traditional lifeways of the Ktunaxa, including the use of tipis, was more reflective of Plains culture than the cultures of their Interior Plateau neighbours. During the spring, summer, and autumn Interior Plateau peoples travelled in smaller family groups of between ten and thirty and lived in lodges.

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