Arthur E. O'Meara, Friend of the Indians
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1967
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University of Washington Press
Abstract
THE COMPLETION of the transcontinental railroad to Vancouver in 1886 brought new waves of settlers to the west coast of Canada. The Indians
of coastal British Columbia, already concerned about earlier encroachments upon their lands by the whites, had good reason to fear that they
would soon be displaced by the newcomers. For, unlike other parts of Canada, much of the land in British Columbia had passed out of Indian
hands without legal alienation.
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"Indian" is an outdated and pejorative term used to describe Indigenous Peoples in what is now known as Canada.
Deposited with permission from the University of Washington Press.
Keywords
Arthur O'Meara, Nisga'a First Nation