Social History Archives | Stories Beneath the Surface

Burning the Notice of Extinction, 2022

Shelly Boyd, Sinixt/Arrow Lakes Facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, is seen here at Nelson, B.C., June 10, 2022, throwing a rolled document into a specially built fire barrel. […]

Hall Brothers’ Homestead, circa 1895

Willie, John, Dave, and Noah Hall at their first log home at the homestead at Hall’s Landing, circa 1895. John is the father of the Hall brothers, who […]

Cattle at Hall’s Landing, 1967

One of the last photographs of the meadows and land at Hall’s Landing, taken by Barbara Hall in June of 1967. On the land that had already been […]

Cathy English Interview – Coming to the Valley, 2019

An interview with Cathy English, curator of Revelstoke Museum and Archives, in which she discusses the settlement of the valley. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. […]

Cathy English Interview – Columbia River Treaty

An interview with Cathy English, curator of the Revelstoke Museum and Archives, where she discusses the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo […]

Bruce Tillen Interview – Negotiations

Bruce Tillen, former Arrowhead resident, discusses the negotiation process with BC Hydro. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning […]

Bruce Tillen Interview – Clearing the Land

Bruce Tillen, former Arrowhead resident, discusses the process of BC Hydro clearing the land for the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo […]

Shelly Boyd Interview – Displacement

An interview with Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, where she discusses the displacement of the Sinixt. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. […]

Kate Borucz Interview – Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty

Kate Borucz, executive director of the North Columbia Environmental Society, discusses the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is […]

Bill Green Interview – Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty & the Environment

Bill Green, director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission, discusses the environmental aspect of the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on […]

Kate Borucz Interview – Living with the Land

Kate Borucz, executive director of the North Columbia Environmental Society, discusses peoples’ connection to the river. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image […]

Shelly Boyd Interview – Salmon

An interview with Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, where she discusses Salmon and the ceremony at Kettle Falls. Title Screen: Circular logo on a […]