The burden of history
Subtitle: colonialism and the frontier myth in a rural Canadian community
By: Elizabeth Furniss.
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Vancouver, BC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Public opinion.; Indians, Treatment of -- British Columbia -- Williams Lake.; Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- British Columbia -- Williams Lake.; Public opinion -- British Columbia.; Williams Lake (B.C.) -- Race relations.
Description: Concerns over Aboriginal treaties and their impact on the forest industry and the survival of forestry-dependent towns have resulted in increasingly tense relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal residents of interior British Columbia communities.

In this ethnographic case study of Williams Lake, Elizabeth Furniss looks at the roots of social conflicts and examines how prevalent colonial assumptions of history, identity, and Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations affect the lives of all area residents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-232) and index.