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Kumtuks Videos: Losing Columbia, Keeping New Caledonia

How did “British” Columbia lose what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho and parts of Montana?

Our Kumtuks videos Losing Columbia and Keeping New Caledonia explain.

This whole territory is full of place names from the old Columbia and it maintains a cultural connection to this day. This leads some people to refer to the whole area as a single cultural region — Cascadia.