Category: Political History

Indigenous baskets in the Minnabarriet home

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The honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BC

Gloves from the Lequime general store

The source’s cataloging information is as follows: “The gloves worn by Indians and cowboys were so striking for Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria East that he bought no […]

Jessie Pigeon, née Sinclair

In a 1975 CBC interview, Jessie Sinclair explained her work. She was the first woman in BC to hold these positions, as of 1928 in Williams Lake: “[As […]