The Geography of Memory

Name: The Geography of Memory
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SKU: 9781771605212
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Reclaiming the Cultural, Natural and Spiritual History of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First People

By Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

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The Geography of Memory chronicles the quest to uncover the history of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First Nation, known as the Arrow Lakes Indians in the United States. This tribe, which lived along the upper Columbia River for millennia, was controversially declared "extinct" in 1956 by the Canadian government, stripping them of legal access to their traditional lands. Blending travelogue and cultural history, the book explores the tribe's culture, place names, and landscape, offering a contemporary perspective on a story of loss and resilience.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Indigenous history, cultural preservation, reconciliation efforts, and Canadian geography. It will appeal to educators, students, and those seeking to deepen their understanding of First Nations' experiences.

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

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This compact book records a quest for understanding, to find the story behind the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First Nation. Known in the United States as the Arrow Lakes Indians of the Colville Confederated Tribes, the tribe lived along the upper Columbia River and its tributaries for thousands of years. In a story unique to First Nations in Canada, the Canadian federal government declared them "extinct" in 1956, eliminating with the stroke of a pen this tribe's ability to legally access 80 per cent of their trans-boundary traditional territory.

Part travelogue, part cultural history, The Geography of Memory details the culture, place names, practices, and landscape features of this lost tribe of British Columbia, through a contemporary lens that presents all readers with an opportunity to participate in reconciliation.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781771605212

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 September 2022

Country: Canada

Imprint: Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: New edition

Illustration: photographs, illustrations, maps, and charts

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

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.