Spirit Dance at Meziadin: Chief Joseph Gosnell and the Nisga'a Treaty

by Alex Rose

In January 1887 a delegation of chiefs from the Nisga'a and Tsimshian peoples of northern British Columbia, seeking restitution from a government that had stolen their lands without a treaty or compensation, arrived by steamship in Victoria's Inner Harbour. They were met by Premier William Smithe, who refused them entry to the provincial legislature with a blunt rebuke. When the white man first came among you, he told them, you were little better...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550172441
• ISBN13: 9781550172447
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"