Whose land is it? Yours or mine. Ever since European contact in Canada the question of Native land ownership has been a hot issue. This paper will recall early European contact in Canada, their move westward, the resistance to the encroachment and land appropriation by the Europeans. Dolly discusses the recent settlements of the Native land claims in Canada and United States. She talks of how the government would like 95% of the territory that is rich in natural resources. Dolly tells othe...

The poems and stories will bring you back in time and tell of moments in Dolly's life before she went to residential school, and stories of her family and friends. Dolly wrote of the time she spent in Kitwanga, British Columbia and then she tells of her life in Port Alberni.

This book, Power and the Native Woman, was designed to help Anthropology students, or anyone, to develop a concept of Native culture that is focused on the Gitk’san and Nuu-chah-nulth of British Columbia, Canada. Dolly investigated the various aspects of the Native way of life.

While I was researching my children’s family heritage at the University of British Columbia to my amazement I found over 80 art objects that originated from Village Island that were commissioned by Hereditary Chief Harry Mountain. He needed the art objects for the performers to wear during the obligatory grand feasts that he held before becoming a Chief. Finding Harry Mountain’s art objects is allowing his family to reconstruct cultural and family history. I began to find out who Harry Mou...

This book, Cultural Empowerment within Museums and Anthropology, was designed to give some practical suggestions for an improved relationship between Museums and the First Peoples of North America.

The poems and stories will bring you back in time and tells of moments in Dolly's life before she went to residential school, and stories of her family and friends. Dolly wrote of the time she spent in Kitwanga, British Columbia and then she tells of her life in Port Alberni. Dolly tells ancient stories that have been handed down for generations.

This book was designed to help Anthropology Students, or anyone, to develop a concept of Native culture that is focused on the Gitk’san and Nuu-chah-nulth of British Columbia, Canada. Dolly investigated the various aspects of the Native way of life.