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Preserving and Celebrating Doukhobor Culture in Art
I am a Doukhobor. I was born in Grand Forks in 1940 and raised there. My paternal grandfather came to Canada in 1899, at the age of 12, aboard the SS Lake Huron with Doukhobors from Russia. The Doukhobors were pacifists and left Russia because of rel
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Reflections On An Apology
On February 1 in Castlegar, and on February 2 in Grand Forks, the provincial government apologized for historic wrongs to the children and survivors of the Sons of Freedom community in British Columbia. Attorney General Niki Sharma apologized to thos
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Geography of Memory
This is an excerpt from Eileen's latest work, Geography of Memory: Reclaiming the Cultural, Natural, and Spiritual History of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First People. It was published in 2022 by Rocky Mountain Books. Find it at your local independent bo

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