This study is about the Burns Lake Indian Band's Indian Reserve No. 18 located
in northwestern British Columbia. It is a case study that spans the 20th century. Through
an analysis of archival documents pertaining to land loss I investigate the long term
process that facilitated the alienation of land from this Indian reserve.
This thesis is about borders, spatial marginality and social geography and it
focuses on power and inequality. Historical records reveal the genesis of growing
polarization and deteriorating social relationships evident in the clearly demarcated
communities which establish the Indian reserve and the Village of Burns Lake.
Theoretical perspectives informing my analysis include social construction,
standpoint theory, and the sociology of storytelling. It includes postmodernist concepts
of authority and power. The storytelling process sets the stage for contested history.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/10949 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Sam, Cecilia |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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