Stories And Images Of What The Horse Has Done For Us

An Illustrated History of Okanagan Ranching and Rodeo

edited by Bill Cohen

tagged: native american studies, horses

Description

This book is a photo journal of the special relationship between the horse and the Okanagan people. Included are stories from Okanagan oral tradition, Okanagan Elders' statements, and stories about the people and events depicted in the photographs.Photographs date from the late 1800s to the 1990s; most date from the first half of the twentieth century. All photos are from Okanagan collections. With the exception of some rodeo photographs, virtually all pictures were taken through the lenses of cameras operated by Okanagan Nation members.

About the Author

Bill Cohen is from the Okanagan Nation with extensive kinship ties throughout British Columbia and Washington. He specializes in the areas of Indigenous knowledge, research, education and transforming pedagogy. For over 25 years, he has engaged in community-driven, transforming projects, as parent, volunteer, advisor, facilitator and director. He is an educator, artist, storyteller and author. The focus of Bill’s continuing research is to identify, understand and theorize the transforming potential of Indigenous and Okanagan knowledge and pedagogy through organic language and cultural knowledge revitalization.

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Stories And Images Of What The Horse Has Done For Us

An Illustrated History of Okanagan Ranching and Rodeo

edited by Bill Cohen

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