1 The Imperial Background

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction xv
6. The Colonial Period
7. The Imperial Background 3
8. The Douglas Years, 1850–64 17
9. Ideology and Land Policy, 1864–71 45
10. Province and Dominion
11. The Confederation Years, 1871–76 73
12. The Joint Indian Reserve Commission, 1876–78 104
13. Sproat and the Native Voice, 1878–80 136
14. Filling in the Map
15. O’Reilly, Bureaucracy, and Reserves, 1880–98 169
16. Imposing a Solution, 1898–1938 216
17. Land and Livelihood
18. Native Space 265
19. Towards a Postcolonial Land Policy 293
20. Indian Reserves in British Columbia during the Colonial Period 325
21. Notes 335
22. Source Notes for Figures 392
23. Bibliography 395
24. Index 409