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Strong Medicine (part 7)

Posted on 30. Oct, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Tribal elder George Keener is about to demonstrate how to cook salmon in a fire pit. But before he does, we ask Rhonda Shackelly, the manager of Xats’ull Heritage Village, to pose with the sacrificial fish. Without hesitation, she gives the salmon a smooch. Keener then takes the fish and guts it with a knife, washes it and [...]

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Call of the Cariboo (part 6)

Posted on 25. Oct, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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The metric police have not yet got their clutches on Highway 97. The towns along the route are denoted by miles: 70 Mile House, 93 Mile House, 100 Mile House. Each was originally a roadhouse on the Cariboo Gold Rush Trail. Located within a day’s ride of each other, the roadhouses were most often built [...]

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A Bloody Legacy (part 5)

Posted on 21. Oct, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Even though this is an aboriginal tourism trip and we are now deep in aboriginal territory, most everyone in our group has suddenly begun wearing cowboy hats. This morning, John Pierro gave a black one to Dannielle; Racelle is wearing a white one, which sets off her black hair; Leonard is sporting a straw model that [...]

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Bone Games by the Bonfire (part 4)

Posted on 17. Oct, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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The drive from Kamloops to Cache Creek along Highway 97 packs a visual wallop. We pass shimmering aquamarine lakes, snow-topped mountains, craggy canyons, sagebrush-covered hills and even a few hoodoos. A few years ago, the area served as the backdrop for the movie An Unfinished Place, featuring actors Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Lopez. But the mind-blowing scenery was [...]