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Geography of Memory - Reclaiming Cultural, Natural Spiritual History of Snayackstx Sinixt

English · Paperback / Softback

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A provocative, historical investigation into the displacement of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First People of British Columbia's West Kootenays.

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Eileen Delehanty Pearkes explores landscape and the human imagination, with a focus on the history of the upper Columbia River and its tributaries. Born in the United States, educated at Stanford University (B.A., English) and the University of British Columbia (M.A., English), her work resists nationality and insists on truth. Popular on-line columns on the western Canadian landscape stress the need for reconciliation of people with land. She has spent over two decades working alongside the Sinixt tribe, to bring awareness to their story. In 2014, she curated an extensive exhibit on the history of the Upper Columbia River system in Canada for Touchstones Nelson museum and the Columbia Basin Trust. It details dramatic ecological and social changes in British Columbia, both before and after the Columbia River Treaty (1961–64), and won an award of excellence from the Canadian Museum Association. Eileen has published two books with RMB: The Geography of Memory: Reclaiming the Cultural, Natural and Spiritual History of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First People and A River Captured: The Columbia River Treaty and Catastrophic Change. A dual citizen, Eileen divides her time between California and Nelson, British Columbia.

Product details

Authors Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
Publisher Rocky Moutain Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 02.08.2022
 
EAN 9781771605212
ISBN 978-1-77160-521-2
No. of pages 192
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

Canada, British Columbia, North America, Western & Pacific States, HOLIDAY / Earth Day, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Canadian, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Native American

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