Keeping the Lake's Way Teen as they wait for their

as they wait for their loved one

Emily Pauline Johnson 1861-1913

Denied her Indigenous status

This compelling story is told through the words of several Cree Elders who in 1971 began a search for the truth with the author

but Vera knows she will see her beloved island again

Keeping the Lake's Way Teen as they wait for theirKeeping the Lakes' Way: Reburial and Re creation of a Moral World among an Invisible People is the first book devoted to the history of the Sinixt Interior Salish, known as Arrow Lakes Band. Officially declared extinct since 1956, the Lakes people have "officially" maintained their presence among the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington state and other First Nations in British Columbia. Since 1989, many Sinixt have made pilgrimages to their