Tse Keh Nay-European Relations and Ethnicity: 1790s-2009

• Author / Creator

  Sims, Daniel

• This thesis examines Tse Keh Nay (Sekani) ethnic identity over three periods of Aboriginal-European relations: the fur trade period, the missionary period, and the treaty and reserve period. It examines the affects these three periods have had on the Tse Keh Nay as an ethnic group in four chapters, the first two dealing with the fur trade and missionary periods, and the last two with the treaty and reserve aspects of the treaty and reserve period. In it I argue that during the first two periods wider Tse Keh Nay ethnic identity was reinforced, while during the latter period local Tse Keh Nay identities were reinforced through government policies that dealt with Tse Keh Nay subgroups on a regional and localized basis. Despite this shift in emphasis, wider Tse Keh Nay ethnic identity has remained, proving that Tse Keh Nay ethnic identity is both situational and dynamic.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • John Stuart
  • BC Treaty Process
  • British Columbia Land Claims
  • Daniel William Harmon
  • Archibald McDonald
  • Ethnicity
  • Tsay Keh Dene
  • Alexander MacKenzie
  • Ingenika
  • Fort Grahame
  • Fort Nelson
  • McLeod Lake Adhesion
  • Finlay Forks
  • Sekani
  • McKenna-McBride Royal Commission
  • Treaty No. 8
  • Dunneza
  • McLeod Lake
  • Simon Fraser
  • Adrien Gabriel Morice
  • Indian Reserve Commission
  • Takla Lake
  • Fort Ware
  • Fort Connelly
  • Kwadacha
  • Beaver
  • Samuel Black
  • Tse Keh Nay
  • Bear Lake
  • History

• Graduation date

  2010-06

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3533K

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.