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The Allied Tribes of British Columbia (ATBC) was an Indigenous rights organization formed following the First World War. There were 16 tribal groups involved, all focused on the issues of land claims and aboriginal title in British Columbia .
British Columbia Settlers killed dozens of Nlaka’pamux non-combatants and burned five villages. 36+ [231] July 1859 to January 1860: Jarboe's War: California: White settlers calling themselves the "Eel River Rangers", led by Walter Jarboe, kill at least 283 Indian men and countless women and children in 23 engagements over the course of six ...
Scholarship varies on the definition of genocide employed when analysing whether events are genocidal in nature. [2] The United Nations Genocide Convention, not always employed, defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or ...
Two-thirds of British Columbia Indigenous died—around 20,000 people. [89] While colonial authorities used quarantine, smallpox vaccine, and inoculation to keep the disease from spreading among colonists and settlers, it was largely allowed to spread among indigenous peoples.
In 1915, the Allied Tribes of B.C. was formed by Peter Kelly and Andrew Paull to seek treaties and adequate-size reserves. After the First World War , the League of Indians in Canada was founded by a Mohawk veteran, Fred Ogilvie Loft (1862-1934). [ 1 ]
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Pequot War (1637–1638) — British colonists in what is now Massachusetts allied with some Indian tribes, against the Pequot tribe Kieft's War (1643–1645) — between Dutch settlers in New Netherland (what are now the states of New York , New Jersey , and the surrounding area) and Wappinger Indians
Three men, Peter A. Petersen, Edward Moseley and Philip Buckley, [11] though injured (Moseley was unharmed), escaped and fled down the river. The remaining crew were killed and their bodies thrown into the river. [9] Four miles further up the trail, the band came upon the foreman, William Brewster, and three of his men blazing trail. All were ...