Title: The burden of history
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.
Subjects: Cultural assimilation, Indians of North America, Public opinion, Race relations, Treatment of Indians, Colonial influence, Colonization, Indians of north america, canada, Indians, treatment of, British columbia, history, Canada, history, local, Indiens d'Amérique, Attitudes envers les Indiens d'Amérique, Influence coloniale, Relations raciales, Colonisation, HISTORY, General
Places: British Columbia, Williams Lake, Williams Lake (B.C.)