Roads embody the experiences of those who construct, use and maintain them through time. Using a biographical approach I explore how memory and identity are entangled in the material remains of a wagon road in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. First constructed by the Royal Engineers in 1859 to enable miners to reach the Fraser River goldfields, the importance of this road transcends its colonial origins. Entwined in different webs of meaning, the material remains of the wagon road continue to play a role in the lives of people today. In this article I investigate the significance of this wagon road to the indigenous Stl’atl’imx (pronounced Stat-lee-um) people of the lower Lillooet River Valley who aim to preserve it as a part of decolonizing and reclaiming their traditional territory and identity. I also look at the road’s importance to a group of Grade 10 students who experience it as part of a high school excursion that teaches outdoor survival skills alongside lessons about British Columbia’s historic past. While these two groups have different experiences of the colonial encounter, for each their understanding of the road goes beyond its physical form to its ‘place’ in understanding their own identity.

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记住明天：马路，身份认同和原始民族景观的非殖民化

道路体现了那些通过时间构造，使用和维护道路的人们的经验。使用传记方法，我探索了如何在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省西南部马车路的遗迹中纠缠记忆和身份。皇家工程师于1859年首次建造该矿，以使矿工能够到达弗雷泽河金矿区，这条路的重要性超越了其殖民地起源。马路的物质遗迹交织在不同的意义网中，继续在当今人们的生活中发挥作用。在本文中，我研究了这条旅行车路线对Lillooet流域下游的土著Stl'atl'imx（发音为Stat-lee-um）人的意义，这些人旨在保留这条路，作为非殖民化和收回其传统领土的一部分。身份。我还查看了这条路对一群10年级学生的重要性，这些学生在一次高中游览中体验了这条路，该课程在教授不列颠哥伦比亚省历史悠久的历史的同时，还教授户外生存技能。尽管这两个群体在殖民地遭遇中有不同的经历，但对于他们每个人而言，他们对道路的理解都超出了其物理形式，而超出了其了解自己身份的“位置”。