Frank Oliver changed the law, forcing the Doukhobors to return 258,000 acres of land they had worked for a decade.
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A migration story where faith, land, and public suspicion keep tightening around the same community.
Finding A New Home: The Doukhobors traces a community trying to keep its faith intact while the ground shifts under it. It moves from Peter Varigan's years in Russian custody and his 1886 appeal to Tsar Nicholas's wife, then to the 1902 arrival in Saskatchewan with another 500…
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If you want a migration story that runs into politics, the press, and pressure to assimilate, start here.
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