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Ukrainian Children’s Band, 1940

The Ukrainian Children’s Band performed at an International Folk Dance program at the YMCA in Revelstoke on March 21, 1940, under the direction of Willie Cwikula. They played […]

Haying on the McKinnon’s Standard Dairy Farm, circa 1940

Bringing in the hay in the field on the McKinnon’s Standard Dairy farm circa 1940.

Artym Ozero and Family, circa 1920

Artym and Pelagra (Polly) Ozero came to Mount Cartier in 1913 from Ukraine with their family. This family photograph from about 1920 shows Eva Ozero with husband Bill […]

Catherwood Family Farm, circa 1960

Patricia Catherwood and half-brother Leonard Lazzarotto on the Catherwood farm near Sidmouth, circa 1960.

Sheleski Family Haying at Mount Cartier, circa 1950

Walter and Daisy Sheleski are on the hay wagon, with Walter’s mother, Anna Sheleski, standing in the field. Most of the families at Mount Cartier had 20 to […]

Sinixt on the Arrow Lakes, circa 1895

Sinixt people on the Arrow Lakes, circa 1895. The Sinixt people are in the distinctive sturgeon-nosed canoe used by their nation. A second canoe is overturned on the […]

Nancy Martin Interview – Sidmouth Dances

Nancy Martin, former Arrowhead resident, discusses the dances at Sidmouth. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning into wheat […]

Nancy Martin Interview – Arrowhead

Nancy Martin, former Arrowhead resident, discusses life and services in Arrowhead. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning into […]

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes Interview – Sinixt Displacement

Interview with Eileen Delehanty Pearkes discussing the displacement of the Sinixt. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning into […]

Shelly Boyd in front of Sinixt Mural, circa 2015

Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, stands in front of a mural at the Hume Hotel in Nelson, B.C., circa 2015. Shelly and previous facilitators […]

View of Mount Begbie and Revelstoke, circa 1945

Mount Begbie and the city of Revelstoke showing the Columbia River circa 1945, prior to the construction of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. The dam flooded acres of land, […]