{"id":158239,"date":"2018-03-26T04:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T08:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=158239"},"modified":"2018-03-26T04:21:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T08:21:17","slug":"trudeau-to-issue-statement-of-exoneration-for-tsilhqotin-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/26\/trudeau-to-issue-statement-of-exoneration-for-tsilhqotin-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau to issue &#8220;statement of exoneration&#8221; for Tsilhqot&#8217;in chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_141595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141595\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_730454839.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141595\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_730454839.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to exonerate six First Nations chiefs who were executed by British Columbia's colonial government more than 150 years ago.(Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_730454839.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_730454839-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_730454839-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to exonerate six First Nations chiefs who were executed by British Columbia&#8217;s colonial government more than 150 years ago.(Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OTTAWA-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to exonerate six First Nations chiefs who were executed by British Columbia&#8217;s colonial government more than 150 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau&#8217;s itinerary says he will \u201cdeliver a statement of exoneration\u201d for the Tsilhqot&#8217;in chiefs in the House of Commons at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The warriors were hanged following a deadly confrontation with white road builders during the so-called \u201cChilcotin War of 1864.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the workers were killed, five chiefs arrived at what they believed would be peace talks with government representatives. Instead, they were arrested, tried and hanged, and a sixth chief was executed the following year in New Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>The Tsilhqot&#8217;in have long disputed the government&#8217;s authority to execute the six chiefs as criminals, describing the confrontation as an altercation between warring nations.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. government apologized for the executions in 1993 and installed a commemorative plaque at the site of the hangings.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett is scheduled to hold a press conference alongside the Tsilhqot&#8217;in Nation leadership today in Ottawa following the official exoneration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to exonerate six First Nations chiefs who were executed by British Columbia&#8217;s colonial government &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":141595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[49067,37855,11237],"class_list":["post-158239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-chilcotin-war-of-1864","tag-first-nations-chiefs","tag-prime-minister-justin-trudeau","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}