The arrival of British royalty on Irish shores in recent times, is usually greeted with genuine interest and curiosity, and a sense of welcome and respect, while extreme nationalists have to grin and bear it.
The Interior Nations certainly have a long history of trying to meet and work out an equitable agreement with Canada, as illustrated in their prominent efforts to meet with government and to work on a resolution as the Memorial laid out to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and presented to him in Kamloops in 1910. Ken Favrholdt is a freelance writer, historical geographer and former curator/archivist of the Kamloops Museum and Archives and museum co-ordinator of the Secwépemc Museum and Heritage Park.