- Harriet Nahanee
Harriet Nahanee (born 1935 –
February 24 ,2007 ) was a Indigenous/Aboriginal rights activist, residential school survivor, and environmental activist. She was born inBritish Columbia ,Canada . She comes from the Pacheedaht who are part of theNuu-chah-nulth , Indigenous peoples from theVancouver Island . As a child, Nahanee attended both Ahousaht Residential School and Alberni Residential School, and would later testify about the horrible treatment she received there. She married into theSḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish).Harriet was sentenced to two weeks in a provincial jail for criminal contempt of court for her part in the Sea-to-Sky Highway-expansion protest at
Eagleridge Bluffs .when She was then hospitalized with pneumonia a week after her release from the jail, at which time doctors discovered she had lung cancer. She died of pneumonia and complications at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver on February 24, just one month after her original sentencing. [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070226.NATS26-3/TPStory/National "B.C. native protester dies of pneumonia in hospital". "The Globe and Mail". February 26, 2007.] ]Nahanee had been weak from the flu and asthma in January, and it was widely suspected that Nahanee's condition worsened during her incarceration at the Surrey Pre-Trial Centre.Fact|date=July 2008 An independent public inquiry into her passing was called for in the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on March 5. Solicitor-GeneralJohn Les said the provincial government expressed "regret" for the passing but denied any government responsibility and refused opposition requests for an inquiry. [ [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/38th3rd/H70305p.htm "Legislative Assembly of British Columbia". Hansard Services. Afternoon Session, March 5, 2007] ]Quotes
See also
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Sḵwxwú7mesh
*Nuu-chah-nulth
*Residential School References
External links
* [http://harrietspirit.blogspot.com/ In the Spirit of Warrior Harriet Nahanee Weblog] - Weblog created on updates following Harriet's previous work, and the case following her death.
* [http://sisis.nativeweb.org/sov/allnahan.html/ http://sisis.nativeweb.org/sov/allnahan.html] - Interview with Harriet Nahanee
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