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The wild horses of the Chilcotin : their history and future / Wayne McCrory.

Summary:

"The Chilcotin's wild horses are are romantic and beautiful, but they are also controversial: they are seen by government policy as intruders competing for range land with native species and domestic cattle and, as a result, they have been subject to culls and are not officially protected. In this compelling book, wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot'in culture, a resilient part of the area's balanced prey-predator ecosystem. McCrory also chronicles the Chilcotin wild horses' genetic history and significance to the Tŝilhqot'in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781990776373
ISBN: 199077637X
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Professional Qualifier -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Stone Horse -- Biologist's Field Journal. Dawn, June 1, 2001 -- Chapter 2 The Brittany Triangle A Wilderness Under Siege -- Biologist's Field Journal. June 10, 2001 Far Meadow Log Cabin -- Chapter 3 The Charge of the Black Stallion Band -- Biologist's Field Journal. June 10, 2001 -- Chapter 4 Thundering Wild Hooves on a Moonlit Night -- Chapter 5 Ghost Horses of Winter -- The Horse's Spirit -- The Horse That Went To Heaven

Chapter 6 1988 The Last (?) Chilcotin Wild-Horse Bounty Hunt -- Chapter 7 Brittany Plateau Unique Wild-Horse Ecosystem -- Chapter 8 Canada's First Wild-Horse Preserve -- Biologist's Field Journal. June 6, 2002 Nemiah Valley Community Hall -- Eagle Lake Henry ?Elegesi Qiyus (Cayuse) Wild Horse Preserve Declaration -- Chapter 9 The Xeni Gwet'in Defend Their Homeland -- Tatlow -- Chief ?Achig -- Chapter 10 The Wild-Horse Preserve Burns -- July 22, 2003 -- Chapter 11 The Ancient Relationship Between Wolves and Wild Horses

Biologist's Field Journal. March 9, 2009 Tracking Wolves in the Nemiah Valley -- Chapter 12 Mountain Lions, Bears and Wild Horses -- Chapter 13 Wild Horses and Starvation Winters -- Chapter 14 The Buffalo Bird That Hitchhiked in With the Horse -- Chapter 15 Wild-Horse Communication -- Chapter 16 The Chilcotin Killing Fields 1860s-1988 -- Chapter 17 The Mustangers -- Chapter 18 No Room For Wild Horses -- Chapter 19 Bloodlines Unravelling the Origins of the Chilcotin Wild Horse -- Chapter 20 Horse Dreams and Prophecies -- February 1519: Ancient Tŝilhqot'in village- Biny Gwechugh (Canoe Crossing)

Chapter 21 The First Sixteen Horses of Conquest -- February 1519 -- Chapter 22 Shared Tŝilhqot'in Oral History on Acquisition of the Horse -- Chapter 23 Explorers Record Indigenous Spread of the Horse -- Chapter 24 Ancient Breeds Form Chilcotin Wild Horse Population -- Chapter 25 Chilcotin Horses' Unique Ancestry -- Chapter 26 The East Russian (Yakut) Horse Connection -- Chapter 27 The Canadian Horse (Le Cheval Canadien) -- Chapter 28 The Spread of the Spanish Horse Across America -- Chapter 29 Lost Spanish Conquistador Expeditions to the BC Interior and Chilcotin

Chapter 30 Indigenous Relationships to the Late Pleistocene Horse -- Chapter 31 Horse Evolution In Search of Old Bones -- Chapter 32 Beringia Experiencing the Birthplace of the Yukon Horse -- Biologist's Journal. September 12, 1972 Old Crow Flats, Northern Yukon -- Chapter 33 Canada's Last Wild Horses -- British Columbia -- West Chilcotin Partly protected -- Highland Valley Not protected -- Saskatchewan -- Bronson Forest Protected under provincial law, law not enforced -- Alberta -- Rocky Mountain Foothills Not protected -- The Lost Suffield Horses "Caught in the spin." Gone.