THE MEMORIAL IS AN EXCELLENT PROPOSAL OF THEIR DEMAND (1910). SOON AFTER THEY WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE CROWN COLONY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1858. THEY HAD REPRESENTATIVES FOR INTERIOR TRIBES PRESSED FOR LEGAL AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE LAND ISSUE AND QUESTIONS. BY THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 1800'S PETITIONS HAD BEEN MADE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ABOUT LAND RIGHTS. THE MEMORIAL IS ONE OF SEVERAL DOCUMENTS OUTLINING THEIR RIGHTS AS THEY AFFECTED FIRST NATIONS IN B.C. THE SCHUSWAP, COUTECU AND OKANAGAN TRIBES. THE FIRST NEW COMMERS WERE THE FUR TRADERS WHO BUILT FORTS IN 1812. THEY DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIANS BASED ON MUTUAL ENTERPRISE.
THERE WERE FUR TRADERS WHO ESTABLISHED FORTS AT KAMLOOPS IN 1812. THEY EXCHANGEDEUROPEAN GOODS FOR FURS! AFTER 1858 NEW EUROPEANS WITH LITTLE INTEREST IN ACCOMODATIONS WITH THE NATIVES EXPLOITED THEM AND SETTLED IN THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS. IN 1858 THE COLONY OF B.C. IN 1858 IN RESPONSE TO THE FRASIER RIVER , GOLD RUSH AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIAN RESERVES.
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