Abbott, Don 127
Aberle, David 86
Achiever (research vessel) 323
Adams, Alfred 160, 162
Adams, Jane 160
Adventure Canada 117
Alaback, Paul 126, 234
Alberni Residential School 133, 138, 153, 288
Alcan (Aluminum Company of Canada) 17, 18, 21, 49, 117, 275, 281. See also Kemano Completion Project
Alcoa 51
Alcoholics Anonymous 183, 187
Alexander Mackenzie Grease Trail Management Committee 168
Algmxaa. See Smith, Murray
Alice (Pelhanixs) 44
Allan, Peter 149
Allen, R.E. 150
Allied Tribes of BC 137, 163
Aluminum Company of Canada. See Alcan (Aluminum Company of Canada)
Amalaxa. See Paul, Louisa; See also Smith, Louisa
Amos, Charlie 44, 72
Amos, Gail 191, 302
Amos, Gerald 67, 69, 72, 76, 79, 84, 94, 95, 97, 109, 110, 111, 115, 119, 161, 191, 228, 229, 230, 234, 259, 264, 269, 275, 276, 282, 284, 288, 293, 302, 312, 315, 317, 327, 333, 357
Amos, Harry 72, 74, 161, 290
Amos, Trevor 97, 341, 357
Anahim Lake 166
Anstee, Steven 247
Aquilini, Luigi 334
Asoalget 314, 320. See also G’psgolox Pole (original)
Avery, Louise 182
Bach, Emmon 180, 182, 350
bagwaiyas 13
Banner, Allen 127
Barbeau, Marius 315, 316
Barbetti, Louise 106, 116, 230, 315
Barnard Harbour 116
Barr, Lorna 276
Barry, Gerald H. 141
Bateman, Robert 117
BC Parks 93
BC Timber 65
BC Union of Indian Chiefs 290
Beaver Clan 28, 189
beaver (keystone species) 189
Beebe, Sam 79
Beebe, Spencer 77, 78, 82, 84, 110, 115, 116, 228, 234, 293
Begbie, Judge Matthew Baillie 37, 56
bekwus 278
Bella Bella 15, 322
Bella Coola 31, 307, 309, 311. See also Nuxalk (people)
Bell, Marc 127
Bell, Panicky 170, 172
Berger, Thomas 308
Bernard Harbour 114
Birchwater, Sage 167
Bishop, Richard P. 60
Blackwater case 145, 150. See also United Church of Canada
Blackwater, Willie 145
Boas, Franz 184, 185, 316
Boas, Kay 183, 184, 185
Boas, Rollo 183, 184
Bob Stewart Archives 134
Bohn, Glenn 94
Bolton, Sophia 16, 343, 344. See also Paul, Sophia; Williams, Rhoda
“Boston Men” 76, 84, 92, 101, 112, 234, 277
Bracewell, Reverend Richard 144, 145
Brand, Stewart 115
Brundtland Commission on Sustainable Development 291
Buchman, Frank 183
Buffett, Howard 115
Buffett, Peter 115
Buffett, Warren 113, 115
Bunt, Reverend W. Percy 144, 145, 154
Butcher, Margaret 44, 107
Butedale 48, 153, 155
Butedale cannery 153, 155, 158, 175, 191
Caldwell, Reverend A.E. 141, 150, 152
Calvert Island 131
Campagnolo, Iona 251, 267, 268, 325
Campeche, Dave 109, 114
Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers 324
Canadian Fishing Company 100, 155, 158
Canadian Pacific Railway 56
candlefish. See oolichan
Candler, Asa, Sr. 355
Cardinal, Gil 314, 319
Carnation Creek 339
Carter, John 108
Cashore, Cecelia 34, 97, 98, 118, 122, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 223, 224, 225, 284, 342, 343, 345. See also Paul, Cecelia; Reekie, Cecelia Cashore
Cashore, John 34, 71, 117, 179, 223, 224, 228, 284, 289, 299, 300, 317, 345
Cashore, Sharon 34, 71, 179, 180, 224, 284, 300, 345
Cattaneo, Claudia 330, 336
Cedar LNG 329
Chan, Mr. 158
Charbonneau, Art 95
Chatsquot River 58
Cheslatta (people) 51, 274, 276
Chevrier, Lionel 173
Chickawick 31
Chief G’psgolox 29, 35, 62, 312, 313, 314, 321. See also G’psgolox Pole; Macdonald, Paddy; Paul, Dan
Chief Hail (Hale) 15, 284, 349
Chief Humzeed/Hemzid 15, 29, 35, 215. See also Paul, Chief Johnny
Chief Illjilwaas 118. See also Pearson, Art
Chief Paul (Sheaks) of the Kitlope 15, 18, 35, 44, 59, 72
Chief Pootlass 118, 147, 307, 309. See also King, Lawrence
Chinook (language) 138
Chouinard, Yvon 91, 234
Chrétien, Jean 276
Clark, Christy 330, 333
Clark, Wesley 127
Clifton, Johnny 114, 116, 251
Clio Bay 29, 37, 331. See also HMS Clio
Coastal First Nations 336
Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network 303. See also Watchmen program
Coastal Old Growth Dynamics Project 126
Coast Opportunities Fund 303
Coca-Cola 355. See also Fuller, Glenn Candler
Coleman, Jas. 48
Columbia Coast Mission 184
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada 278
Compton, Brian 265
Conservation International 80, 84, 95, 115
Convention on Biological Diversity 291, 335
Cook, Chris 272, 273, 310. See also Native Brotherhood of BC
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation 50
Cooper, John 127
Copeland, Grant 95
Coqualeetza 47
COSEWIC. See Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
Costi Island 98
Cowan, Ian McTaggart 308
Crab River 11, 13, 19, 60, 98, 259, 260
Crosby, Emma 20, 21, 42, 337
Crosby Girls’ Home 181
Crosby, Thomas 20, 21, 72, 106, 114, 337
Cross, Art 87
Crown Zellerbach 64
‘Cúagilákv. See Housty, Jess
Cullen, Nathan 330, 333
Cullis, Tara 307. See also Suzuki, David
Cumshewa Inlet 170
Cumshewa Village 171
Dandurand, Josette 345
Dandurand, Luke 345
Daniels, Joe 119
Davidson, Robert 117
David Suzuki Foundation 310
Davis, Alison 92
Davis, G.G. 171
Davis, Jack 289
Davis Plan (fisheries) 289, 304, 309. See also Mifflin Plan (fisheries)
Davis, Wade 112
Dawson, G.M. 171
Dean Inlet 58
Demers, Dorothy (Dot) 176
Demers, Marguerite 176, 207, 240, 260, 288. See also Wood, Marguerite
Demers, Paul 176, 177, 288
Devastation Channel 105, 191
Dieks (Tsimshian matriarch) 337
Discovery. See HMS Discovery
Dla la xii la yewx 221, 349, 357. See also Paul, Thomas Jr.
Dolphin Island 14
Douglas Channel 12, 19, 20, 21, 105
Douglas, Governor James 37
Downie, Brian 65
Downie, Major William 58
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 316
Dubose, MacNeely (Mac) 51. See also Mount DuBose
Duncan, Amelia 280
Duncan, Rev. William 20, 32, 34, 37, 56, 337
Duoward, Alfred 337
Duoward, Kate 20, 337
Eagle Clan 28, 35, 87, 280, 335, 337
Eagle Spirit Energy Holdings Ltd. 333, 335, 336
Ecotrust 76, 79, 83, 92, 111, 116, 117, 292
Ecotrust Canada 117, 173
Ecotrust US 117
Egeria. See HMS Egeria
Elizabeth Long Memorial Home 42, 44, 133, 134, 225
Elizabeth Long Memorial School. See Elizabeth Long Memorial Home
Elliott, Bob 180
Ellis, David 119
Enbridge Inc. 20, 73, 157, 326, 336. See also Northern Gateway pipeline
Enso-Gutzeit (Finnish corporation) 94
Equinox magazine 127
eulachon. See oolichan
Eurocan mill 64, 259. See also West Fraser / Eurocan
Eurocan Pulp & Paper Company 64, 67, 74, 267. See also West Fraser / Eurocan
Evans, Corky 305
Evans, Hubert and Ann 154
Exxon Valdez 92
Falconer, Brian 13, 99, 102, 104, 226, 247, 272, 273, 323, 324, 327, 348
Faulkner, Hugh 267, 325
fish farming 306, 309
fishing licences 289, 304
Fleming, Sir Sandford 56
Foch Lagoon 280
Ford, Harrison 110, 112
Forsyth, Adrian 92, 95
Fort Simpson 20, 31, 36, 37, 42. See also Lax Kw’alaams (village)
Fougner, Ivan 316. See also Hansson, Olof
Four Chiefs 147. See also King, Lawrence; Nyce, Jacob; Paul, Cecil; Pearson, Art
Franklin, Jerry 126, 234
Frederick Sound 118
Friendship House 177, 180
Friends of Ecological Reserves 95
Fuller, Glenn Candler 109, 113, 284, 355
Gabriel, Chief Marilyn 345
Galbraith, Douglas 46
Galston, Blair 134, 145
Gamble, Edward. See Chief Hail (Hale)
Gamble, Russell 349
Gamsby, C.H. 58
Gamsby River 166
Gardner, Baron Alan 12
Gardner Canal 11, 12, 13, 19, 22, 31, 58, 105, 131, 257
Gardner Inlet 56
Gauk, Rachel 117
Genovali, Chris 247
George Raley 44
“Giant Spruce Tree” 269
Gil Island 19
Gillespie, David 309
Gill, Ian 66, 109, 116, 173, 174, 292, 334
Ginter, Ben 64
Gitga’at 116
Gitwilgyoot Tribe 70, 332. See also Lelu Island
Gitxaala village 15
Gla-Whay-Agliss. See Scow, Chief William
Gonzalez, Montserrat 311, 313, 315
G’psgolox Pole (original) 62, 98, 175, 193, 230, 231, 251, 311, 314, 320, 320, 320, 322. See also Asoalget; Chief G’psgolox; Tsooda
G’psgolox Pole (replicas) 98, 202, 231, 259, 319, 320
Graham Channel 20
Grant, Cecelia 177
Green, Dr. Jackie 147
Greenpeace 92, 325
Gren, Hibby 171
Grenville Channel 20
Gribbell Island 19, 116
Group of Seven 21
Guardian Watchman Program 303. See also Watchmen program
Gùlali. See Hall, Billy
Guujaaw 116
Gwä nax nood (name and territory) 15, 46, 201. See also Paul, Thomas
Gwaxsdlis. See Clio Bay
Gwiiyms Moodzill (humpback whale). See Williams, Maudie
Haddock, Donald Bruce 150
Haida Gwaii 14, 116
Haida Nations 163
Haig-Brown, Roderick 89
Haisla Canoe Society 112, 165
Haisla Dance Society 112
Haisla/Ecotrust Wilderness Planning Framework 124
Haisla (language) 11, 24, 138, 139, 153, 350
Haisla Nation Women’s Society 84, 110
Haisla (people) 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 27, 29, 30, 63, 70, 74, 93, 94, 174, 324, 327
Haisla Steering Committee 92
Hall, Alan 293, 342
Hall, Billy 218, 266, 278, 280, 283, 284, 294
Hall, Chief Simon 49, 69. See also Hall, Simon
Hall, Kenny 111, 124, 218, 230, 279, 280, 294, 341, 342
Hall, Sam 190
Hall, Simon 69, 280. See also Hall, Chief Simon
Hansson, Olof 316. See also Fougner, Ivan
Harcourt, Mike 276, 292, 293, 317
Harper, Stephen 326
Harrington, Kay 184. See also Boas, Kay
Harrison, Carol 46
Hartley Bay 15
Hassi, Satu 92, 94
Hawken, Paul 112
Hazard, Rowland 183
HBC. See Hudson’s Bay Company
Hecate Strait 14
Heiltsuk (language) 24
Helin, Buddy, Chief of the Gitsi’is 295
Helin, Calvin 333, 336
Helin, John 333, 336
Helland, Harold 100
Hemas (hereditary chief) 328
Henley, Thom 110
Henry, Jimmy 135, 172, 276
Henry, Lillian 30
Hesse, Henning 119
Hickey, James 191
Hill, Aaron 97
Hill, Ann 90, 96, 203
Hill, Bruce 73, 88, 90, 94, 96, 97, 99, 111, 115, 125, 127, 174, 203, 234, 276, 302, 323. See also Steelhead Society of British Columbia
Hill, Julia 97
Hirsch Creek Park 274
HMS Beaver 21, 337
HMS Clio 29, 36, 37, 38, 337. See also Clio Bay
HMS Devastation 105
HMS Discovery 12, 105, 308
HMS Egeria 60
HMS Otter 56
HMS Sir James Douglas 58
Hogan, Dan 127
Hogarth, Justice Douglas 145
Holland, Art 172
Horetzky, Charles 56
Hornaday, William T. 116
House of Walkus 322. See also Vickers, Roy Henry
Housty, Jess 112, 211, 327, 351, 352, 353, 354, 356
How, Kay 148
Huckleberry. See Henley, Thom
Hudson’s Bay Company 14, 20, 31
Hume, Mark 83, 91, 117
Huschduwaschdu. See Xesdu’wäxw (grease trail); See also Kitlope, The (region)
International Woodworkers of America 291
Jacobs, Albert 170, 172, 258
Johansson, Olaf 92
Johnson, Harold 272
Joint Review Panel 327. See also Trans Mountain Pipe Line
Kaien Island 47
Kaks, Per 317, 319, 320
Ka’ous 13, 255. See also Kitlope Lake
Kapella River 166
Katsilanoo 106
Kean, Ian 127
Kelly, Dave 95
Kelly, Dr. Peter 136, 137, 160, 161, 163
Kelson, John 92, 156, 277, 328
Kemano Completion Project 274
Kemano graveyard 47
Kemano Reserve 48, 50, 131, 132, 136
Kemano River 13, 22, 49, 56, 64, 66, 191, 276, 281
Kendrick, John 49, 51
Kenney Dam 23, 49, 65, 308
Kenney, Edward 49
Kermode, Francis 116
Ketcham, Hank 65, 90, 259, 293, 295
Kildala Arm Indian Reserve No. 10 107
Kildala Inlet 106
Kildala River 64, 66, 276
Killer Whale Clan 11, 15, 28, 322
Kiltuish Inlet 191
Kimsquit Lake 166
Kinew, Wab 272, 344, 346
King, Lawrence 147, 148, 149, 307, 309
King, William Lyon Mackenzie 46
Kinman, Dave 217
Kinman, Kathy 217
Kirkvold, Sherry 247
Kitamaat 20, 22, 38, 50
Kitamaat Band 27, 30, 48
Kitamaat graveyard 134
Kit-a-maat, “people of the snow.” 19, 21. See also Haisla (people)
Kitamaat Reserve No. 1 16, 19, 38, 44, 75
Kitamaat Reserve No. 2 44, 48
Kitamaat Reserve No. 3 38
Kitamaat Village 133, 154, 275, 326
Kitasoo (people) 107, 108, 306
Kitimat LNG (Chevron Corp.) 329, 330, 331
Kitimat LNG projects gen’ly 329
Kitimat Museum and Archives 315, 318
Kitimat Oil Coalition 325
Kitimat & Omineca (railway) 21
Kitimat Pipe Line Ltd. 324
Kitimat River 16, 17, 22, 64, 65, 66, 72, 74, 75, 267, 276
Kitimat (town) 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 49, 56, 64, 269
Kitkatla (village) 14, 15, 44
Kitlope Band 27, 48
Kitlope campaign 23, 69, 76, 91, 100, 108, 112, 116, 124, 288, 292, 294, 299
Kitlope Declaration 93
Kitlope Lake 11, 13, 14, 28, 35, 62, 93, 95, 107, 166, 200. See also Ka’ous
Kitlope Lake clans 28. See also Beaver, Eagle, Killer Whale and Raven clans respectively
Kitlope (language) 41
Kitlope Nation 13, 20, 30, 43, 46, 48, 314
Kitlope Reserve 38, 48
Kitlope River 13, 35, 57, 62, 64, 66, 95, 102, 127, 276, 277
Kitlope, The (region) 11, 14, 23, 50, 65, 79, 81, 83, 85, 95, 103, 113, 132, 263
Kitlope Valley 58, 69, 93
Kitselas Canyon 113
Klemtu 15, 309
Knutson, Godfrey 190, 191
Kowesas River 191, 276, 277, 294
Kozak, Myron 91
Krajewsky, Heidi 247
Krajina, Vladimir 82
Krause, Vivian 327
Ku-kultz (village) 37
Kwakwaka’wakw (people) 37
Kwakw’ala (language) 24
Kwie-kwa-su-tineuk Nation 163
Langley School District 345
Larkin, Peter 276, 308
Lawrence, Susan 42, 43, 44
Lax Kw’alaams (nations) 333
Lax Kw’alaams (village) 20, 34, 35. See also Fort Simpson
Leader-Mense, Sabina 118
Le Corbusier 19, 21
Legaik, Jeffrey 186, 351
Leggatt, Stuart 310
Lejac Residential School 159
Lekwungen 31
Lelu Island 70, 328, 332
Lelu Island Declaration 333
LeMay, Jean-Louis 281
Lertzman, Ken 126
Levant, Ezra 327
Lewis, Adam 277
Limestone Island 83
Linden, Eugene 116
L’loxw (mountain) 131, 132
LNG Canada (Shell Canada) 329, 332
Loomis, Ruth 121
Lund, Albert 191
Lux, Maureen 46
Macdonald, Joshua 265
Macdonald, Paddy 35. See also Chief G’psgolox
Macdonald, Sir John A. 21
Macduffee, Misty 247
Mackay, Aimee 47
MacKay, D.M. 141
Mackenzie, Alexander 22, 168
MacKinnon, Andy 118, 126
Mack, Percy 148
MacLaren, Alex 100
MacMillan Bloedel 65
Mair, Rafe 293
Maitland, Heber 86, 161, 163, 267, 276
Malcolm, Bill 175
Manly, Jim 148
Maple Leaf (vessel) 99, 101, 103, 107, 194, 198, 321, 323
Margolis, Ken 77, 80, 84, 92, 93, 96, 111, 115
Marine Harvest 310
Marmot Cove 177
Martin, Ed 356
Maskela, Vic 293
Maskulak, Vic 66
McAllister, Ian 118
McCann, Dr. J. J. 46
McCrory, Colleen 118
McCrory, Wayne 95, 125
McFadden, Isobel 147, 148
McGill, Harold 46
McKelvie, Bruce Alistair 37
McKenna-McBride Royal Commission 60
McKim-Fletcher, Patricia 66
McNeill Bay 31
McNeill, Matilda 34
McNeill, Neshaki (Martha) 34
McNeill, William Henry 31, 36, 78
McVey, J. Alistair 276
Mead Foundation 115
Mead, Giles 115
Meech Lake Accord 66
Mense, Dennis 118
Menzies, Archibald 106
Menzies, Dr. Charles 15
Methodist Women’s Missionary Society 42
Metlakatla 20, 162. See also Duncan, Rev. William
Mifflin Plan (fisheries) 304, 309. See also Davis Plan (fisheries)
Miller Bay Hospital 29, 46, 47
Miller, Dan 292
Misk’uk’w 279, 280
M’iskusa (also Misquize or Misk’usa) 35, 38, 44, 62, 98, 279, 319, 320
Mission Church 44
Mission Home 44
Monaghan, Joanne 269
Monday Magazine 127
Moore Foundation 113
Moore, Gordon 113, 115
Moore, Helen 83
Moore, Keith 81, 93, 101
Moore, Steve 115
Morrison, Annie 15, 30, 36, 338
Morrison, H.M. 141
Mount Bessel 108
Mount DuBose 51. See also Dubose, MacNeely (Mac)
Mount Layton Hot Spring Resort 111
MS Spirit of Endeavour 118
MS World Discoverer 117, 308
Munro, Bill 259, 313, 319
Mussel Inlet 107
Naganashas 167
Namgis First Nation 310, 310
Nanakila Institute 84, 91, 96, 104, 110, 125, 165, 167, 222, 315
Nanakila Society 355
Nanakila (totem pole) 282
Na-na-kwa (periodical) 43, 72
Nangittlagadaa. See Adams, Alfred
National Indian Brotherhood 352
Native Brotherhood of BC 137, 160, 161, 162, 166, 289, 310, 324. See also Cook, Chris
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 115
Nature Conservancy 80
Newman, Paul 82
New York Zoological Society 116
Nmeexl 334
Nmoks 334, 335
Northern Gateway pipeline 73, 157, 326, 336. See also Enbridge Inc.
Northern Wakashan (language group) 24
North Face (brand) 115
North Pacific Cannery 210
North, Patricia 127
Northrop, Michael 115, 284
Nuxalk (people) 166, 311. See also Bella Coola
Nuximlayc. See King, Lawrence
Nuyem dzeets ’iksduqwia. See Cashore, Cecelia; Reekie, Cecelia Cashore
nuyem (laws) 13, 70, 131, 163
Nyce, Jacob 148
Nyce, Liza 177
Oliver, Joe 326
oolichan 22, 66, 68, 75, 106, 116, 160, 185, 206, 212, 213, 214, 232, 265, 276, 276, 284, 311, 322
ooligan. See oolichan
Ootsa Lake 65
Oowekyala (language) 24, 322
O’Reilly, Peter 35, 38, 59, 75, 246, 301
Osborne, Graham 127
Oweekeno 22, 24, 322
Oxford Group 183
Paddy Macdonald. See also Chief G’psgolox
Paris Agreement 335
Patagonia (brand) 91
Pattison, Jimmy 18
Paul, Abel/Abil. See Paul, Abraham
Paul, Abraham 15, 44, 209
Paul, Agnes 46, 49
Paul, Alice 15. See also Gamble, Edward
Paul, Annie 7, 15, 27, 29, 30, 45, 46, 47, 49, 64, 68, 137, 177, 236, 315, 316
Paul, Bruce 27
Paul, Cecil 13, 14, 16, 34, 42, 47, 65, 68, 84, 95, 96, 97, 101, 102, 108, 115, 118, 120, 127, 152, 160, 172, 269, 277, 284, 292, 299, 318, 321, 342, 345, 346, 353, 357. See also Wa’xaid
Paul, Cecelia 342. See also Cashore, Cecelia
Paul, Cecil Jr. 167, 186, 190, 214, 215, 216, 217, 230, 236, 278, 301, 341, 343, 347, 350
Paul, Charles 15, 44, 45, 209
Paul, Chief Johnny 29, 349. See also Chief Humzeed/Hemzid; Paul, Johnny
Paul, Clara 29, 180, 235, 322, 351. See also Thompson, Clara
Paul, Dan 29, 176, 188, 230, 304, 312, 315, 321. See also Chief G’psgolox
Paul, Douglas 30, 148, 192, 354
Paul, Emily 119
Paul, Emma 44
Paul, Esther 15, 46. See also Wilson, Esther
Paul family 47, 49
Paul, Florence 119
Paul, Gerald 27
Paul, Joe 27
Paul, Johnny 15, 46, 47, 49, 60, 61, 62, 63, 80, 137, 166, 176, 215. See also Chief Humzeed/Hemzid; Paul, Chief Johnny
Paul, Joseph 49
Paul, Leonard 29, 48, 49, 140
Paul, Lizzie 46, 49
Paul, Louisa 30, 46, 47, 55, 69, 69, 70, 85, 94, 149, 152, 161, 179, 192, 223, 278, 284, 288, 294, 299, 312, 315, 350, 357. See also Smith, Louisa
Paul, Mae 55, 236, 255
Paul, Marguerite 175
Paul, Minnie 46
Paul, Samuel 188, 192
Paul, Sophia 236, 238. See also Bolton, Sophia; Williams, Rhoda
Paul, Thomas 15, 29, 46, 49, 180, 189, 201, 235. See also Gwä nax nood (name and territory)
Paul, Thomas Jr. 215, 216, 217, 221, 278, 301, 349, 349, 349
Paul, Vietta 30, 55, 278. See also Wilson, Vietta
Paul, Vincent 148, 149, 150, 152, 206
Paull, Chief Andrew 141, 163
Peak, Edward 150
Pearse, Peter 117
Pearson, Art 147, 148, 170
Pearson, Leonard 170
Peart, Bob 117, 292
Peerla, David 92
Percy King 133
Percy Mack 133
Petronas LNG 332
Pioneer Mineral Claim 44
Plint, Arthur Henry 149, 150
Poison Cove 107, 108
Poison Cove Creek 107
Pojar, Jim 117, 126, 234
Port Alberni Indian Residential School. See Alberni Residential School
Port Edward 210
Port Simpson 15, 20, 35. See also Fort Simpson
Powell, Jay 7
Powell River Company 171
Price, Reverend Arthur D. 38
Price’s Cannery 35, 38, 41, 204, 205
Prince Rupert 47, 160
Princess Royal Island 155
Pritchard, Dr. John 67, 85, 86, 96, 109, 116, 125, 127, 134, 295, 315, 317, 350
Pritchard, June 315
Pruden, W.P. 48
Quainton, Dean C.S. 183
Queen of the North (ferry) 19
Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Initiative 354
Qulun 189, 190
Q’waq’waqsiyas. See Misk’uk’w
Rainbow Warrior (vessel) 92, 317
Raincoast Conservation Foundation 102, 323, 327
Rainforest Action Network 112, 174
Raitt, Bonnie 112
Rajala, Rick 64, 66
Raley, Maude 43
Raley, Rev. George Henry 37, 43, 135, 145, 280, 351
Raven Clan 28, 35
Read, Frank 276
Red Cloud 316
Rediscovery program 96, 102, 110, 115, 127, 222
Reekie, Cecelia Cashore 224, 227, 255, 273, 285, 299, 302, 344, 357. See also Cashore, Cecelia; Paul, Cecelia
Reid, Tom 51
Ridington, Robin 86
Ridley School for Boys 162
Ridsdale, John 334
Rio Tinto 18, 331
River League 127
River’s Inlet 22, 24, 98
Robertson, Gordon 49, 182, 265, 351
Robertson, Hank 110
Robertson, Henry 320
Robertson, James 95, 189, 218
Robertson, Solomon 35, 36
Robinson, Bart 68, 127
Robinson, Eden 107, 111, 280
Robinson, George 106, 107
Robinson, Gordon 11, 22, 74, 106, 186, 265
Robinson, Laura 186
Robinson, Robert 111
Robinson, Sammy 80, 107
Rockefeller Brothers Fund 115
Rockefeller, David Jr. 230
Rockefeller Foundation 114
Roemer, Hans 93
Roscovitch, Twyla 247
Ross, Ellis 329, 331, 336
Ross, Russell 90, 111, 139, 140, 148, 158, 306, 330, 348
Ross, Samson 185, 186
Royal Templars of Temperance 135
Runacres, Mrs. S. 42
Salinas, John 168
Salmon Clan 30, 307
Sand Hill 17
Scidmore, Eliza 41
Scientific Pollution and Environmental Control Society (SPEC) 325
Scott, Duncan Campbell 45
Scott, R.C. 141, 170, 241
Scow, Chief William 160, 163
Shakes Island 15
Shaw, Charlie 27, 30, 77, 79, 87, 134, 148, 229
Shaw, Elizabeth 47
Shaw, Mike 350
Sheaks. See Chief Paul (Sheaks) of the Kitlope
Sherwood, Jay 60
Sierra Club 325
Sierra Club of BC 81
Sihota, Moe 292, 295
Simpson, Captain Aemilius 35
Simpson, Peter 162
Site C dam 332
Skeena River 14, 20, 332
Skeena Sawmill 90
SkeenaWild 73, 97
Sm’algyzx 14, 15. See also Tsimshian (language)
Smith, Andrew 44
Smith, Crosby 148, 168, 172
Smith, Kevin 104, 323
Smith, Louisa 7, 70, 103, 180, 207, 210, 215, 224, 230, 247, 291, 293, 302, 314, 315, 317, 328, 331, 335. See also Paul, Louisa
Smith, Marcus 56
Smith-Martin, Christine 334
Smith, Murray 70, 179, 180, 223, 247, 291, 302, 328, 332, 334, 335
Smith, Robert Holbrook 183
Smith, Rod 217
Smith, Ron 97, 191
Smith, Susan 225
Smith, Tom 225, 273
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 38
Soverel, Pete 96
Spirit Bear 115
Squamish Nation 163
Squinas, Mack 167
SS Islander 41
Starr, Bill 172, 173
Starr, Lloyd 324
Steelhead Society of British Columbia 88, 89, 111. See also Hill, Bruce
Stein, Clarence 21, 269
Sterritt, Art 336
Stoltmann, Randy 109, 112
Straight, Lee 89
Stuart, John, Earl of Bute 153. See also Butedale
Suzuki, David 117, 118, 233, 307, 308, 328
Suzuki Foundation. See David Suzuki Foundation
SV Maple Leaf. See Maple Leaf (vessel)
Swan, Billy 117
Swan, Matt 117
Swanky, Tom 31, 34
Swannell, Frank 60, 80
Swedish government 313
Swedish Museum of Ethnography 313, 314, 315
Sweetgrass Foundation 109, 113, 355
Tafler, Sid 127
Tamblyn, Ian 117
Tezwa River 107, 200, 232
Thacher, Ebby 183
Thloxw 105
Thok. See L’loxw (mountain)
Thompson, Andrew 324, 325
Thompson, Clara 180, 322, 357. See also Paul, Clara
Thorpe, Reverend Dr. Brian 145, 146, 150
Tipso Creek 166
T’ismista, the Man Who Turned to Stone 14, 108, 246, 340
Tlakwagila 322
Todd, C.H. 39, 60
Tompkins, Doug 115
Tompkins, Susie 115
Tow Hill 14
Traditional Ecological Knowledge 7, 97
Trans Mountain Pipe Line 324
Travers, O.R. (Ray) 92, 95
Triquet Island 131
Truth and Reconciliation Commission 114, 144, 345
Tsatsquot Valley 58
Tsimshian (language) 14, 35, 138
Tsimshian (people) 14, 15, 19, 21, 32, 334
Tsooda 314, 320. See also G’psgolox Pole (original)
Tulsequah Chief (mine) 181
Turner, John 268
Tweedie, Susan 100
UBC Museum of Anthropology 321
Ulkatcho (people) 166, 167
United Church of Canada 134, 139, 145, 150, 150, 287, 289, 301, 324
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People 335
Ursula Channel 20
Vancouver, Captain George 12, 14, 22, 106, 107, 355
Vanderhoof 276
Vander Zalm, Bill 75, 163
Varley, Elizabeth Anderson 21, 37
Varley, Frank 21
Vermette, Kevin 274
Vickers, Roy Henry 117, 118, 218, 237, 322
Victoria (settlement) 31
Vink, Hein 351
“Virgil” 270
Waa-mis 22, 98
Wade, Sebastian 127
Waglisla. See Bella Bella
Wahuksgumalayou. See Amos, Charlie
Wakas. See Robertson, Solomon
Wakashan (language group) 24, 322. See also Northern Wakashan (language group)
Wakasu 42
Wakasu River 38
Wakasu wa’wais 36
Walker, Albert 172
Wallace, Lieutenant-Governor Clarence 51
Watchmen program 84, 96, 125, 230, 302
Watershed Watch Salmon Society 97
wa’wais 13, 22, 28, 36, 49, 51, 56, 153, 173, 331
Wa’xaid 11, 15, 22, 55, 103, 112, 113, 126, 177, 224, 292. See also Paul, Cecil
Wayne, John 80
Weber, Jup 94
Weber, Milton 173
Weir, Josette 67, 94, 101
Wells, Dick 104, 105, 108
Wesley, Chief Marvin 336
Wesley, Donnie 332, 334, 336, 337
West Coast Environmental Law 335
West Coast Oil Ports Inquiry 324
West Coast Trail 105
West End Café Chinese-Canadian Restaurant (Prince Rupert) 160
Western Canada Wilderness Committee 80
West Fraser / Eurocan 18, 55, 65, 67, 68, 258, 293. See also West Fraser Timber Company
West Fraser Timber Company 55, 64, 65, 68, 90, 93, 94, 96. See also West Fraser / Eurocan
Whale Channel 20
Whidbey, Joseph 12, 105, 355
Wii’dealh. See Morrison, Annie
Wild Salmon Trust 96
Wildwood 121. See also Wilkinson, Merv
Wilkinson, Merv 118, 120, 239
Williams, Charles 186
Williams Creek 173, 186, 340. See also Williams, Mae
Williams, Guy 46, 160, 161, 162, 251
Williams, Joyce 186, 217, 236, 278, 301, 343
Williams, Mae 173, 186, 339
Williams, Maudie 186, 202, 223, 236, 255, 300, 302, 342, 343
Williams, Minnie. See Paul, Minnie
Williams, Rhoda 186, 236, 343
Williams, Sadie 186
Williams, Viv 172
Williston, R.G. 64
Wilson, Barry 320
Wilson, Charlie 15, 169, 188, 189, 190, 192
Wilson, Derek 320
Wilson, Elder Bea 92, 103, 110, 111, 256, 339
Wilson, Esther 15, 45, 46. See also Paul, Esther
Wilson, Johnny 14, 101, 103, 104, 110, 111, 127, 164, 192, 222, 256, 339
Wilson, Reggie 147, 148
Wilson, Samuel 15, 36, 45
Wilson, Vietta 213, 215, 217. See also Paul, Vietta
Wilson, William Griffith 183
Winch, Ernest 50
Winchester, Neville 126
Winch, Harold 50
Windsor, Evelyn 322
Women’s Missionary Society 44, 134
Wood, Marguerite 176, 224, 285, 300. See also Demers, Marguerite
Wood, Peter 300
World Indigenous Network Conference 112, 244
Wow’kst River 88
Wuikinuxv/Oweekeno (people) 24
X¯enaksialak’ala. See Xenaksiala (language)
X¯a’islak’ala. See Haisla (language)
Xais-Xais (people) 107
Xenaksiala (language) 7, 11, 24, 35, 71, 138, 139, 180, 322, 348, 351
Xenaksiala (people) 11, 13, 14, 19, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 49, 51, 63, 64, 69, 108, 131, 265
Xesdu’wäxw (grease trail) 11, 166. See also Kitlope, The (region)
Xwechtáal. See Paull, Chief Andrew
Yahaan. See Wesley, Donnie
Yamacisa-Kemaninuxw (mountain) 51. See also Mount DuBose
Yorktown Clipper (vessel) 309
Young, Ric 109, 112
Yu, Peter 174
Zentilliwo, Bernardo 81
Zola Spirit. See Chief G’psgolox
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Front cover photo: “Lä göläs’. Put your canoe ashore and rest.” Cecil Paul. Lax Kw’alaams. 2018. Courtesy Callum Gunn.
Jacket flap photo: “Signs say ‘No Indians’ except for the café.” Cecil Paul and Briony Penn at West End Café. Prince Rupert. 2017. Courtesy Callum Gunn.
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