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| Winner - 2011 Clio Prize - British Columbia | | | The CHA is proud to annonce that this year's winner of the Clio Prize for British Columbia is Keith Thor Carlson, for his book The Power of Place, The Problem of Time: Aboriginal Identity and Historical Consciousness in the Cauldron of Colonialism. The Clio prizes are awared to to meritorious publications or for exceptional contributions by individuals or organizations to regional history. This is a rich and innovative book that re-imagines the way historians might do aboriginal history. It brings together the methodological tools of ethnography, archaeology, geography, anthropology, and archival and oral history to examine the dynamic cultural identity of the indigenous communities of the Lower Fraser Valley. The depth of research and analysis is consistently impressive as Carlson deals deftly with the difficult issue of local versus larger group identity. A must read for anyone who wishes to understand First Nations history in a new light, this is an engaging, clearly written, and important book. | | |
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