Christopher (Chris) Arnett

Works by Christopher (Chris) Arnett:

• The Terror of the Coast: Land alienation and colonial war on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, 1849-1863
• Two houses half-buried in sand : oral traditions of the Hul'q'umi'num' Coast Salish of Kuper Island and Vancouver Island
• They Write Their Dream on the Rocks Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia

Christopher Arnett grew up in North and West Vancouver with his Canadian mother and Maori father. After his earlier career in the independent Vancouver music scene, Chris and his wife chose to raise their family on Salt Spring Island. He began graduate studies in order to combine his passions for writing and the histories of British Columbia and New Zealand. As an educator, Chris works as a heritage consultant and Department of Anthropology professor at the University of British Columbia.

From ABC BookWorld, ". . .A fourth-generation British Columbian and a member of the Ngai Tahu, a New Zealand Maori tribe, has had a life-long interest in the history of B.C. and New Zealand. Arnett has researched the archeology of the Stein River Valley for the 'Nlaka'pamux Nation Development Corporation and worked for the Sooke Region Museum and Archives on a historical survey of logging on Vancouver Island's Southwest Coast. He has also taught First Nations studies at Malaspina College. He wrote The Terror of the Coast, a reconstruction of events surrounding the 1863 attack on Kuper Island Indian village by the British naval gunboat Forward. The book chronicles how the battle influenced Colonial government policies and later eroded Native jurisdiction. Arnett has also edited the stories collected by Mildred Cryer for Two Houses Half-Buried in Sand: Oral Traditions of the Hul'qumi'num' Coast Salish of Kuper Island and Vancouver Island (Talonbooks 2007)."