Born on Pico Island in the Portuguese Azores in 1828, Joseph Silvey began whaling when he was just 12 years old. Around 1860, when Silvey came to the BC coast on a whaling schooner, he decided to...
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Author: Barman, JeanSummary: -
Author: Barman, JeanSummary:
An Abenaki born in St Francis, Quebec, Noel Annance (1792–1869), by virtue of two of his great-grandparents having been early white captives, attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire....
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Author: Barman, JeanSummary:Jean Barman rewrites the history of the Pacific Northwest from the perspective of the French Canadians involved in the fur economy, the Indigenous women whose presence in their lives encouraged...