We acknowledge that we live and work on unceded Indigenous territories and we thank the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations for their hospitality.

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Book Review

People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point
Beau Dick: Devoured by Consumerism
Incorporating Culture: How Indigenous People Have Been Reshaping the Northwest Coast Art Industry

Review by Roger Fernandes

Book Review

Love of the Salish Sea Islands: New Essays, Memoir and Poetry by 40 Island Writers

The Salish Sea is an international ecosystem that features an amazing array of gorgeous and largely tranquil islands. Tourists and residents enjoy the rural simplicity of the islands and from most appearances, the living is...

Review by Ginny Broadhurst

BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020

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“Many Families of Unseen Indians”: Trapline Registration and Understandings of Aboriginal Title in the BC-Yukon Borderlands

By Glenn Iceton

BC Studies no. 201 Spring 2019 | Page(s) 67-91

fur trade settler colonialism aboriginal people aboriginal rights government control

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Workmanship and Relationships: Indigenous Food Trading and Sharing Practices on Vancouver Island

By Johnnie Manson

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 215-239

Aboriginal fisheries Indigenous worlds food and nutrition Vancouver Island

Book Review

A Reconciliation Without Recollection?
Unsettling Canada
The Reconciliation Manifesto

Review by Jim Reynolds

BC Studies no. 206 Summer 2020 | Pages 131-133

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Denying Indigenous Education: Examples from Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) and We Wei Kai (Cape Mudge)

By Kate Dubensky and Helen Raptis

BC Studies no. 195 Autumn 2017 | Page(s) 13-34

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Repatriation: Empowerment Through (Re)Connection

By Jordan Coble

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 23-26

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It’s a Family Affair: Stó:lō Experiences in Repatriation

By David Schaepe with T'xwelátse (Herb Joe), Tzeachten First Nation

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 27-32

museums repatriation aboriginal culture Sto:lo

Book Review

Vancouverism

It’s best to start any study with a clear, concise, and irrefutable sentence. But “Vancouver is a place” is taking that axiom too far. And, as anyone who knows horses will tell you, a place...

Review by John Douglas Belshaw

BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 114-117

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Hodul’eh-a, A Place of Learning: The Exploration Place, Lheidli T’enneh, and the Rethinking of a Local Museum

By Alyssa Tobin and Tracy Calogheros

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 33-44

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c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city: A Conversation

By Leona Sparrow, Jordan Wilson, and Susan Rowley

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 45-52

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Curators Talk: A Conversation

By Jisgang Nika Collison and Nicola Levell

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 53-80

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Repatriation in Two Acts: The Museum of Vancouver

By Bruce Granville Miller

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 81-94

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Book Review

Shared Histories: Witsuwit’en-Settler Relations in Smithers, British Columbia, 1913-1973

Geographer Tyler McCreary’s book about Witsuwit’en-settler relations in Smithers is a valuable new addition to research and writing on histories of place in settler-colonial contexts. Shared Histories demonstrates how academic work can be integrated with local...

Review by Molly Malone

BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 124-126

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From Documents to People: Working Towards Indigenizing the BC Archives

By Genevieve Weber

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 95-112

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Make Yourself (Un)comfortable: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun at the Museum

By Tania Willard and Karen Duffek

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 113-128

Museum of Anthropology (UBC) aboriginal art formline Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

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Beyond Inclusion: Canadian and Indigenous Sovereignty in Mainstream Museums

By Caitlin Gordon-Walker

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 129 - 149

museums repatriation colonialism aboriginal culture

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Broadcasting Sovereignty: Exhibiting Nuxalk Radio at the University of British Columbia

By Jennifer Kramer

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 151-170

radio aboriginal culture Nuxalk oral tradition

Book Review

The Hundred-Year Trek: A History of Student Life at UBC

To borrow an old joke, institutional histories can often be the sofa beds of historical writing. Neither good as a sofa nor as a bed, institutional histories can often find themselves trapped between academic and...

Review by Dale M. McCartney

BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 224-225

Book Review

Assembling Unity: Indigenous Politics, Gender and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs

Sarah Nickel’s Assembling Unity: Indigenous Politics, Gender and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is a significant contribution, not only to the history of Indigenous affairs in British Columbia, but to Indigenous history as a...

Review by Mercedes Peters

BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 216-218

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Hippies, Yippies, the Counter-Culture, and the Gastown Riot in Vancouver, 1968-1971

By Michael Boudreau

BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 39-65

liquor and drugs hippies police and policing Vancouver

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Survivance, Signs, and Media Art Histories: New Temporalities and Productive Tensions in Dana Claxton’s Made to Be Ready

By Julia Polyck-O'Neill

BC Studies no. 195 Autumn 2017 | Page(s) 129-144

settler colonialism aboriginal art Claxton Dana

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Denying Indigenous Education in British Columbia: Examples from Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) and We Wei Kai (Cape Mudge)

By Kate Dubensky and Helen Raptis

BC Studies no. 195 Autumn 2017 | Page(s) 13-34

education schooling aboriginal people public policy Campbell River Quadra Island

Book Review

Sonny Assu: A Selective History

This comprehensive survey of Sonny Assu’s work is prefaced by four incisive essays by prominent indigenous scholars and curators. This beautifully designed and thoughtfully organized book covers significant phases in the Kwakwaka’ wakw artist’s career,...

Review by Alexandra Phillips

BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 207