A Sto:lo Coast Salish Historical Atlas
Edited by Keith Thor Carlson
Illustrated by Jan Perrier
Foreword by Xwelixweltel
folio. pp. 208. profusely illustrated. hardcover. dw. (near fine - lower front corner bumped, some very light shelf-wear along top edge of dw). Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, [2001].
Published in association with The University of Washington Press & Sto:Lo Heritage Trust.
ISBN-10: 0295980443 / ISBN-13: 9780295980447
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The Atlas uniquely focuses on 15,000 years of natural, cultural and spiritual history of the Stó:lō, First Nations people of the lower Fraser River in southwestern British Columbia and northwest Washington.
- More than 100 full-colour and black-and-white maps
- 115 illustrations
- 113 colour and 80 black-and-white photographs
- Over 720 Hal'qemeylem (language of the Sto:lo) place names with English translations
- A comprehensive 15,000 year historical timeline
-Complete transcription of over a century of petitions from Coast Salish people to the government protesting the alienation of their rights and land.