About Dianne Newell Dianne Newell is a professor of history at the University of British Columbia and author of Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Cost Fisheries. Books by Dianne Newell Technology on the Frontier Mining in Old Ontario by (author) Dianne Newell Tangled Webs of History Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by (author) Dianne Newell Fishing Places, Fishing People Traditions and Issues in Canadian Small-Scale Fisheries edited by Dianne Newell & Rosemary Ommer Tangled Webs of History Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by (author) Dianne Newell