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Grasmere Tobacco Plains

Item is a photograph of a woman probably belonging to the Tobacco Plains community near Grasmere, British Columbia. The photograph is an interior snapshot of the elder sitting in a chair.

Grasmere (B.C.)

Concerns that the area and the Tobacco Plains people would be impacted by the construction of a natural gas pipeline were expressed by the Tobacco Plains Band in the late 1970s. They were concerned about the effects of the Alberta Natural Gas pipeline since the pipleline route was planned to be in close proximity to the Tobacco Plains Reserve.

1 photograph : b&w acetate negative ; 35 mm

Related article appeared on pages 26 to 28 of UBCIC News vol. 10, no. 1 (March 1979), entitled "Kootenays Define Territory".

Basil, Lillian (photographer)

Copyright held by Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Title transcribed from back of contact sheet. Previously known as: Grasmere Tobacco Plains

August 14, 2024