Louie Sam

Louie Sam

Louie Sam (1870? – February 24 1884) was a member of the First Nation in British Columbia who was lynched by an American mob.

Sam was 14 at the time these events occurred. He had been accused of the murder of James Bell, a shopkeeper in Nooksack (today Whatcom County, Washington). The Stó:lō people turned him over to the B.C. government to settle the matter.

Following this, an angry mob crossed the border into Canada on February 24 and captured Sam, who had been in the custody of a B.C. deputy. They then hanged him from a tree close to the U.S. border.

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. ref|cbc20060301a They were William Osterman, the Nooksack telegraph operator who took over Bell's business, and David Harkness, who at the time of Bell's murder was living with Bell's estranged wife. Neither man was ever prosecuted. ref|historylink

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." ref|cbc20060301a

References

* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/03/01/louie-sam-060301.html Washington expresses regret over 1884 lynching of Canadian teen] , "CBC News", March 1 2006
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7592 HistoryLink entry on the incident] , HistoryLink.org

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/02/03/film-lynching-louiesam.html Sask. premiere for 'Lynching of Louie Sam'] , "CBC News", February 3 2006
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450457/ "The Lynching of Louie Sam"] (TV movie in production) from IMDB
* [http://www.movingimages.ca/catalogue/Canhistory/lynchinglouiesam.html "The Lynching of Louie Sam"] (DVD or VHS)
* [http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/westview/story/3187048p-3691561c.html "The Unquiet Grave of Louie Sam"] by Terry Glavin, "Winnipeg Free Press"column, Nov. 27, 2005


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