Female Archives | The Francophone Ranchers of British Columbia’s Interior Plateau

The honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BC

Nancy Frances

Nancy Frances (1877-1970) was of the Nlaka’pamux and Nez Perce First Nations. Her Indigenous name was Mourning Dove. She was raised by Chief Timothy Shamahallsee at P’kaist, near […]

Deerskin moccasins made by Nancy Frances

Deerskin moccasins made by Nancy Frances, of Nlaka’pamux and Nez Perce descent, wife of Louis Joseph Antoine Globe, son of La’staa and Louis Antoine. She often sold moccasins […]

Marie Agnès Mathilde Delatre

In 1873, Louis Antoine Minaberriet married Marie Agnès Mathilde Delatre, born in New York State of French parents. They had three children: Henri, Clémence (1876-?) and Isabelle (1879-?). […]

Verna Minnaberriet, “B.C. Indian Princess 1975”

Verna Minnaberriet, great-granddaughter of Louis Joseph Antoine Globe, first becomes Miss Ashcroft and is then crowned as “BC Indian Princess” in 1975. The pageant was sponsored by the […]

The Versepuech house

Members of Moïse Pigeon’s family

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 […]

Author Branwen C. Patenaude

Branwen Patenaude was born of British parents in Shanghai, China, where she and her brothers lived a sheltered childhood. The family moved to West Vancouver in 1941, and […]

Pharis Romero on coming back to your roots

To view EN or FR subtitles, click on the gear wheel at bottom right of screen while the video is playing. Transcription “I moved back to Horsefly ten […]

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