Nanaimo Indigenous Soldiers
Published on: 06/10/2024
A visit to the Nanaimo Military Museum with two indigenous youth raises questions about representation.
British Columbia Indigenous Genealogy

A visit to the Nanaimo Military Museum with two indigenous youth raises questions about representation.

Recently, I had occasion to go through some of the very earliest parish registers in BC, for the Church of England in Victoria, starting in 1837.

I regularly encounter fascinating tidbits of social history during research. An entry in the parish register of the tiny village of Birten in Germany on 31 Jan 1660 reports.