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The article focuses on the role of John A. Macdonald, who was the prime minister of Canada from 1867-1891, in the lives and struggles of the Indigenous peoples and the structure of settler colonialism in British Columbia. Topics covered include discussion to remove Macdonald's statue from the entrance to Victoria's city hall in 2018, views of social psychologist James Wertsch on Macdonald's national significance, and his role in the issue of Indigenous oppression and discrimination.

The article provides information on Yuquot, an indigenous settlement located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia which is home to the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation. Topics discussed include the Meares expeditions to Yuquot and their encounter with the Mowachaht in 1788-1789, the transpacific voyage of Chinese laborers who worked at Yuquot in the late 1780s, and the Mowachaht's resilience in the face of smallpox epidemics, land appropriation, and cultural dispossession.

The article discusses the archaeological study of the War of 1858 between the Nlaka'pamux communities belonging to the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia and the miners most of whom were American. Topics include the finding of the archaeological study covering the colonial period in British Columbia, and how the studies provided physical evidence on the Nlaka'pamux people's approach to colonial domination which reflected both their entrepreneurial and fighting spirit.

The article offers author's insight on the Indigenous theory and perspectives towards healing from family violence. The author highlights the Indigenous knowledge (IK) and Indigenous methodologies (IM) as theoretical framework for dealing with family violence. She features of the community agency Warriors Against Violence Society (WAVS) in Vancouver, British Columbia which deals with theory and practice for family violence awareness.

Islands of Safety is a model and process designed in conjunction with Métis Community Services in Victoria, B.C. Based on a focus of human dignity and resistance, safety knowledges of women and Indigenous peoples, Islands of Safety was created by Métis family therapist Cathy Richardson and developer of response-based therapy Allan Wade. The initial stages of project design, pilot project implementation were funded by the Law Foundation of B.C. Resembling family group conferencing on the surface but rooted in different philosophical terrain, the Islands of Safety process is based on the understanding that people resist violence and prefer respect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Western academic and Aboriginal indigenous histories do not always tell the same story. Sometimes differences are over points of fact, other times interpretation, and on still other occasions the historical narratives appear to speak right past one another. This article examines conflicting historical understandings that Natives and newcomers from British Columbia brought to an encounter between a delegation of Salish leaders and England's King Edward in 1906. The author takes seriously the maxim that meaning precedes experience, and suggests that it is incumbent on western society to try to understand the Aboriginal techniques of constructing knowledge, and not just the other way around. He argues that history needs to be understood within particular historical contexts, and that historians should not shy away from considering and trying to interpret the role of metaphysics within the construction of Aboriginal historical consciousness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investigates the levels of ethnic or cultural background diversity, social cohesion and prejudice on the quality of life in Prince George, British Columbia. Creation of indexes of heterogeneous social networks; Evidence that people with aboriginal backgrounds have a lower quality of life than in other groups; Differences attributable to differences in socioeconomic classes.