Contextualizing the Past

Around the time I was discovering Gilbert Malcolm Sproat’s name in documents about the evolution of British Columbia’s Indian Reserves, Sarah Pike was delivering her thesis on Sproat, British Columbia’s Indian Reserve Commissioner between 1876 and 1880, about his “humanitarian civilizing” of Indigenous peoples. I’m grateful to Pike and the Sproat scholars who came before her for their work in discovering more about one of the leading players in the divisions of land in BC. I’ve always imagined him on horseback, sitting at the edge of the forest, looking out over the ocean, savouring the smell of woodsmoke hanging in the air, and I wondered what he was thinking. Of course, I could only project my own thoughts, but thanks to Sarah’s work, I now have a better idea because…

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British Columbia History (Digital) - 1 Issue, 55.4 Winter 2022

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