Possessing Meares Island A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Gratitude a golden retriever fetching a

a golden retriever fetching a duck killed by a hunter

often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism

In this book genocide is used as an analytical tool to better understand Canada’s past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples

These respectful images were taken by Tessa Macintosh

S'ólh Temexw

Possessing Meares Island A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Gratitude a golden retriever fetching aCentred on Meares Island, located near Tofino on Vancouver Islands west coast, Possessing Meares Island weaves a unique history out of the mists of time by connecting eighteenth century Indigenous colonial trade relations to more recent historical upheavals. Gough invites readers to enter a dramatic epoch of BCs coastal history and watch the Nuu chah nulth nations spearhead the maritime sea otter trade, led by powerful chiefs like Wickaninnish and