Daniel Marshall
A fifth-generation British Columbian, Daniel Marshall is an author, professor, curator, documentarian, and researcher focusing on British Columbia’s relatively untold but rich history. He is a recognized leader and award-winning researcher on historic Native-Newcomer relations, and their evolution and implications on Aboriginal rights today.
His award-winning documentary, Canyon War: The Untold Story, has aired on Knowledge Network, APTN, and PBS. His latest book, Claiming the Land: British Columbia and the Making of a New Dorado, is available in bookstores across B.C.
The forgotten context of Canada’s oldest Chinatown – Part II
In my previous column, The Forgotten Context of Canada’s Oldest…
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A couple of months ago, sitting at the bar of…
Read moreAn anthropology of belonging
Editor’s note: this originally appeared in The Ormsby Review. In…
Read moreThe return of Chief Tsulpi’multw’s ceremonial blanket
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Read moreThe strange case of the anomalous artifact that fell from the sky
A few months ago, I went to visit a friend…
Read moreBC’s first Rural/Urban split
Since its inception, British Columbia has had to contend with…
Read moreThe curious story of Yale’s Garry Oak grove
Last week I had the great pleasure to return to…
Read more‘The Peculiar Circumstances of British Columbia’
Some of history’s most crucial turning points have since fallen…
Read moreFort Rupert and the mystery of the Fort Victoria treaties
Read part one here. One of the enduring mysteries of…
Read moreFort Rupert and the forgotten coalfields of Suquash
When the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) expanded its land-based fur…
Read moreBritish Columbia’s Forgotten Governor
Some years ago, I started a mission of exploration. I…
Read moreBC, Latin America, and the Monroe Doctrine
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently accused the United States of…
Read moreThe forgotten treaty-making of Chief Maquinna
It’s easy to take for granted today, but the “British”…
Read moreBritish Columbia: refuge for political exiles?
Given the recent BC municipal elections, it seems appropriate to…
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