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Submitted by Rick on Fri, 12/23/2005 - 9:29am.

From CBC British Columbia - U.S. ready to apologize for vigilante lynching:

Washington state is planning a statement of regret for a 121-year-old injustice -- the hanging of an aboriginal teen by an American lynch mob in the Fraser Valley.

Fourteen-year-old Louie Sam had been accused of murdering a Nooksack, Washington man, and was being held in custody by B.C. police.

About 120 American vigilantes rode north at Sumas Prairie in 1884, seized the teen and hanged him from a tree just north of the international boundary.

It's believed to be Canada's only lynching.

It turns out the kid was innocent. There is also an audio link to an interview with a professor who did the research on the event.

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Thanks for bringing this to o

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, the interview is well done.
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A TESC historian is also work

A TESC historian is also working on this case, Michael J. Pfeifer

Article that mentions his work with Lt. Governor Brad Owen's office.

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Who are we apologizing to?

Who are we apologizing to?
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