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Reinscribing colonialism: the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in Nlha’pamux and Stl’atl’imx Territory, 1914 Schuurman, Nadine Cato
Abstract
In 1912 a joint federal-provincial Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the province of British Columbia was appointed. Intended "to settle all differences between the Governments of the Dominon and the Province respecting Indian land and Indian Affairs in the Province," the Commission travelled through British Columbia for three years interviewing thousands of native people. Its primary mandate was to settle the Indian land question. The Royal Commission also sought to measure the acculturation of native people to European society. As a representative of the state, it adjudicated issues related to railway construction and native fishing and hunting rights as well as land claims. While the Commission represented a political program for Indians,' first nation people were nevertheless persistent in advancing their own claims. Native responses to many aspects of colonialism were expressed through their testimony. Frequent objections to the reserve system, loss of fishing and hunting privileges as well objections to railway construction were woven through native testimony. First nations also beseeched the state to recognize 'Aboriginal Title' to the land. Receptivity to problems presented by witnesses was, however, mediated by an enormous gulf of power which separated native people from the Commission. This thesis examines those relations of power as they were articulated through native testimony to the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in 1914 in the southern interior of British Columbia.
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Reinscribing colonialism: the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in Nlha’pamux and Stl’atl’imx Territory, 1914
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University of British Columbia
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1996
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In 1912 a joint federal-provincial Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the
province of British Columbia was appointed. Intended "to settle all
differences between the Governments of the Dominon and the Province
respecting Indian land and Indian Affairs in the Province," the Commission
travelled through British Columbia for three years interviewing thousands of
native people. Its primary mandate was to settle the Indian land question.
The Royal Commission also sought to measure the acculturation of native
people to European society. As a representative of the state, it adjudicated
issues related to railway construction and native fishing and hunting rights as
well as land claims.
While the Commission represented a political program for Indians,' first
nation people were nevertheless persistent in advancing their own claims.
Native responses to many aspects of colonialism were expressed through
their testimony. Frequent objections to the reserve system, loss of fishing and
hunting privileges as well objections to railway construction were woven
through native testimony. First nations also beseeched the state to recognize
'Aboriginal Title' to the land. Receptivity to problems presented by witnesses
was, however, mediated by an enormous gulf of power which separated
native people from the Commission. This thesis examines those relations of
power as they were articulated through native testimony to the Royal
Commission on Indian Affairs in 1914 in the southern interior of British
Columbia.
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eng
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2009-02-12
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0087195
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University of British Columbia
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1996-11
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Graduate
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