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Defense of Ts’peten, 1995

The standoff at Gustafsen Lake, near 100 Mile House in Secwepemc territory, has never been the subject of a Public Inquiry. This issue of AQ is dedicated to showing why there needs to be one.

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AQ shakes out the archives for primary sources showing how the west wasn't won:

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~ relatable commentary and a few side-notes

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The West Wasn't Won archive project

AQ is the quarterly journal of a larger project.

This journal accompanies research in progress - the history of Indigenous roadblock and reoccupation, west of the Rocky Mountains.

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The West Wasn't Won archive project shares a wider landscape of history on significant topics.

TITLE

Clouding nations older than the last Great Flood, the young province of British Columbia has bought time and occupation with bad faith and violence.

Colonial courts rationalize ongoing violations of unsurrendered Indigenous national titles, by hollowing out the judges' own construct: "aboriginal title."

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STATUS

Canada's "Indian Act" of 1876, and its creation: the Non-Status Indian.

This April marks 40 years since Bill C-31 and the first reinstatements of Indian Status. The changes were introduced with new prejudice to Indigenous control of citizenship.

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SALMON

In 2009, sockeye salmon in the Fraser River returned at numbers below 1% of historical run sizes.

The federal government has presided over this disaster, and AQ offers an overview of key points along the history of how and when Indigenous Peoples were cut off from management values and denied their most basic rights to the life-sustaining fisheries.

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Honouring the indomitable spirit of Indigenous Peoples west of the Rocky Mountains, and the path to an autonomous and self-determining future.

Archive Quarterly is printed in Vancouver, in the heart of Musqueam. AQ relies on information support and contributors from Tahltan to Sinixt; from Nuu-chah-nulth to Secwepemc; from Penelakut to Tsimshean; and the 20 nations in between.

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Honouring the indomitable spirit of the Peoples west of the Rockies

BC history is lit from one side - showing settler progress to advantage, while rendering the Indigenous reality of that “progress” indiscernible.

Archive Quarterly aims to balance the view. As well as the written records, interviews with Elders reveal circumstances leading up to political movements, court actions and roadblocks, and conditions in their communities at the time.

Excerpts in the journal are also presented in full documents online, where they are accessible to download.

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