Our Homes on Indigenous Lands

In 1890, Harry and Mary Ann Foote arrived on Coast Salish territory and purchased Jedediah - a private island. Starting with the simple question "Where am I from?", this narrative traces one family across Canada and through hundreds of years to share a personal lens on the lived experience of settler colonization. Drawing on original letters, transcripts, and oral histories, the book weaves connections between the stories of specific ancestors and their connection to land, treaties, and Indigeno