Thomas ‘Tad’ McIlwraith

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
2008. Co-author, with John Alderete (Simon Fraser University). Annotated Bibliography of the Tahltan Language and Related Sources. Northwest Journal of Linguistics 2(1):1-26.

1996. “The Problem of Imported Culture: The Construction of Contemporary Stó:lo Identity,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Vol. 20(4).

Book Reviews
2004. Review of Harkin, Michael, The Heiltsuks: Dialogues of Culture and History on the Northwest Coast, in Ethnos. Vol. 69(4):560-561.

Creative Works, Reports, and Unpublished Manuscripts
2007. Editor. The Tahltan Stories of Rose Dennis (with Freddie Vance). Manuscript prepared with John D. Alderete, Simon Fraser University.

2007. Photographer. The First Nations of British Columbia: An Anthropological Survey. By, Robert J. Muckle. Vancouver: UBC Press. (Three of my photographs are published in this book. The pictures are here, here, and here.)

2005. Editor. “Traditional Medicines and Remedies of the Iskut People,” by Iskut Elders and the Iskut Valley Health Services. Self-published booklet funded by the Iskut Valley Health Services.
(Note: This manuscript is currently under review for publication.)

2003. Editor, co-author with Iskut Village Elders. “’Kuji K’at Dahdahwhesdetch’ (Now I Told All of You): Stories Told at Iskut, British Columbia, by Iskut Tahltan Elders.” Self-published booklet funded by the Endangered Languages Fund.

Presentations: Invited Talks
“The T’iitskin Paawats and Other Stories of Native Environmentalism in British Columbia,” for Anthropology 202, Capilano College, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; November 7, 2006

“Chasing Horses and Shooting Moose: The Legacy of Hunting in Northern British Columbia,” for History 358, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; May 27, 2005

“Chasing Horses and Shooting Moose: The Legacy of Hunting in a Northern
Athapaskan Community,” Ruth E. Kennedy Memorial Lecture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; April 28, 2005

“Seasonal Activities and Moose Hunt Stories: Pictures and Narratives from Iskut, British Columbia,” Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia; February 1, 2004

Presentations: Conference Papers
“Chief Louie’s Speech at Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park: Iskut Challenges to Revisionist History,” Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) Meetings, Toronto, ON; May 8-12, 2007

“Stories of the Past in the Languages of Home: The Preservation and Documentation of Traditions in a Vibrant and Changing Present,” American Society for Ethnohistory Meetings, Santa Fe, NM; November 16-20, 2005

“Chasing Horses and Hunting Moose: Native American Memories of Big Game Hunting in Northern British Columbia,” American Society for Ethnohistory Meetings, Chicago, IL; October 27-31, 2004

“‘That Bloody Moose Got Up and Took Off’: The Cultural and Narrative Context
of Moose Hunt Stories.” American Anthropological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL; November 19-23, 2003

“A Church in the Wilderness Sublime: Native Environmentalism in the Taos Blue Lake Case,” University of New Mexico Anthropology Graduate Student Union Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico; March 2-3, 2001

“Place, Group, and Cosmology: Native Environmentalism in Coastal British Columbia,” University of New Mexico Anthropology Graduate Student Union Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico; March 3-4, 2000

“Oweekeno Cultural Geography,” Society for Applied Anthropology Conference, Tucson, Arizona; April 1999.

Co-Authored Presentations
With Robert N. Diaz, “Along the Trail: Aboriginal Perceptions of Trails in Northern British Columbia.” Poster Prepared for American Society for Environmental History Meetings; May 2004.

With Robert N. Diaz, “Demarcating the Land: Academic and Applied Orientations to Physical Boundaries in British Columbia.” Canadian Historical Association, Toronto; May 2002.

Meeting Organization
Session Organizer. “Dynamics of Environmental Discourse,” American Anthropological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL; November 19-23, 2003

Symposium Co-organizer. University of New Mexico Anthropology Graduate Student Union Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico; March 2-3, 2001