Tsaxis, ownership of houses by tribe

Tsaxis, ownership of houses by tribe

Tsaxis
British Columbia
Fort Rupert
ownership
Indigenous peoples
19th century

This source is a map of Tsaxis (Fort Rupert) which refers to the period of circa 1866, showing the ownership of houses by tribe. The peoples shown are the Walas Kwakiutl, Komkiutis, Kwakiutl and Kweeha. This is important because there was distinction between the different peoples. After sustained contact beginning in the late 18th century, Europeans applied the name of one band, the Kwakiutl, to the whole group, a tradition that persists. This relates to the historical event involving a catastrophe in 1865. Captain Nicholas Edward Brooke Turnour demanded the surrender of three men charged with a murder. After issuing ultimatums they shelled the adjacent village and destroyed a large section of it, severely impacting the village and the people in it. They did this without remorse.

R. Galois, Kwakwaka’wakw Settlements

First Nations: Land Rights and Environmentalism in British Columbia

http://www.firstnations.de

1994

David Cook

R. Galois, Kwakwaka'wakw Settlements, 1775-1920 : A Geographical Analysis and Gazetteer, (1994)

English

Visual - Map

19th century British Columbia