Possessing Meares Island A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Gratitude often harrowing memories of life

often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism

These respectful images were taken by Tessa Macintosh

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Raven Sinclair Nehiyaw (Cree)

a golden retriever fetching a duck killed by a hunter

Possessing Meares Island A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Gratitude often harrowing memories of lifeCentred on Meares Island, located near Tofino on Vancouver Islands west coast, Possessing Meares Island weaves a unique history out of the mists of time by connecting eighteenth century Indigenous colonial trade relations to more recent historical upheavals. Gough invites readers to enter a dramatic epoch of BCs coastal history and watch the Nuu chah nulth nations spearhead the maritime sea otter trade, led by powerful chiefs like Wickaninnish and