The lynching of Louie Sam [DVD video]
Title
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The lynching of Louie Sam [DVD video]
Added Author
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McIlwraith, David.
Publication Date
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2007
Publication Information
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[Vancouver, BC] : Wild Zone Films, ©2005 ; Vancouver, BC : Moving Images Distribution [distributor] : Image Media [distributor], 2007.
Physical Description
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1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract
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Reveals how, in late February 1884, a lynch mob of a hundred American men crossed the border into British Columbia, forcibly removed a wrongfully accused 14-year old Native boy from the custody of a Canadian constable, rode south a few miles and hanged him from a cedar tree. Discusses how for the Sto:lo First Nation, a people living along British Columbia's Fraser River, this was a defining moment in their history. Also notes the ineffectual response of the Canadian government to this crime, and brings to light the only documented case of a cross-border lynching in Canadian history.
General Note
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Based on "The Lynching of Louis Sam," B.C. Studies, No. 109, Spring 1996, pp. 63-79, by Keith Thor Carlson.
Technical Details
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Region 1, widescreen presentation.
Personal Subject
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Sam, Louie, -1884.
Subject Term
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Stó:lō -- Violence against -- British Columbia.
Murder -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Lynching -- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century.
Lynching -- Washington (State) -- History -- 19th century.
First Nations -- Violence against -- British Columbia.
Language
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English
Additional Language
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Closed-captioned.
Added Corporate Author
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Wild Zone Films.
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
History Television (Television network : Canada)
| Library | Material Type | Shelf Location | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Juan de Fuca Branch | Adult film | Film nonfiction | 971.100497 LYN | 39066037503725 | Film nonfiction |