Possessing Meares Island Book JOURNAL 1996 American Book Award winner

1996 American Book Award winner 1995 Best Children's Book of the Pacific Northwest 1996 Washington State Governor's Award winner

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It is called Xesdu’wäxw (Huschduwaschdu) for ‘blue

” —Robert Charlie

Possessing Meares Island Book JOURNAL 1996 American Book Award winnerAuthor: Barry Gough Centred 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