Louie Sam
Louie Sam | |
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Born | c. 1870 Native village near Abbotsford, British Columbia |
Died | February 24, 1884 (14 years-old) Close to the Sumas U.S. border |
Louie Sam (c. 1870 – February 24, 1884) was a
Sam was 14 at the time these events occurred. He had been accused of the murder of James Bell, a shopkeeper in Nooksack (today
Following this, an
A subsequent investigation by Canadian authorities strongly suggests that Sam was innocent and that the likely murderers were two white Americans who were leaders of the lynch mob.
On March 1, 2006, the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives approved a resolution stating that "through this resolution, the Senate joins its peers in the government of British Columbia, acknowledging the unfortunate historical injustice to Louie Sam and the proud Stó:lō people".[2]
In media
Books |
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Stewart, Elizabeth (2012). The Lynching of Louie Sam. ISBN 9781554514380 . - Total pages: 288
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Movies |
The Lynching of Louie Sam (TV movie in production) from IMDB
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Bibliography
Notes
- ^ Carlson 2010, p. 255
- ^ a b CBC News 2006
- ^ Vaillant 2017
References
- Carlson, Keith (2010). The Power of Place, the Problem of Time: Aboriginal Identity and Historical Consciousness in the Cauldron of Colonialism. ISBN 9780802098399. - Total pages: 375
- CBC News (March 1, 2006). "Washington state expresses regret over 1884 lynching of Canadian teen". CBC News. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- Vaillant, John (August 24, 2017). "The Lynching of Louie Sam". The Walrus. Retrieved December 10, 2018.