Death of a well known Indian Resident

Death of a well known Indian Resident

Indigenous people
British Columbia

An article which gives some basic detail into the life of Isaac Gurney at Anyox, formerly Goose Bay. It states that he owned a row boat and engaged in activities such as salmon fishing and hunting. It is reported that he said he was ninety-two years of age. Gives detail about his immediate family members and where they live. A short summary of how it is believed he died. It pays tribute to him as a man who provides for his family.
It relates to indigenous people as it gives a brief insight into the life he lived. It also relates to inter Indian rivalries and events that occurred a long time ago, as a form of oral history reproduced in the newspaper.
The changing of the names also relates to how names changed over time, possibly to how European ones superseded native ones.

The Herald, Alice Arm, British Columbia

The University of British Columbia, BC Historical Newspapers

https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/aaah/items/1.0352641#p0z-3r0f:haida

12 August 1922

Melvin Kwan

University of British Columbia, digitization library http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/

English

Textual - printed newspaper

20th century British Columbia