In search of Almighty Voice : resistance and reconciliation / Bill Waiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waiser, Bill, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Almighty Voice, 1874-1897.

Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Social conditions.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Mass media.

Race relations.

Almighty Voice.

Almighty Voice, 1874-1897--Influence.

Almighty Voice, 1874-1897--In mass media.

Social conditions.

Canada--Race relations.

Canada.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Markham, ON : Fifth House Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"In May 1897, Almighty Voice, a member of the One Arrow Willow Cree, died violently when Canada's North--West Mounted Police shelled the fugitive's hiding place. Since then, his violent death has spawned a succession of conflicting stories - from newspaper features, magazine articles and pulp fiction to plays and film. Almighty Voice has been maligned, misunderstood, romanticized, celebrated, and invented. Indeed, there have been many Almighty Voices over the years. What these stories have in common is that the Willow Cree man mattered. Understanding why he mattered has a direct bearing on reconciliation efforts today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Miserable Beyond Description

ch. Two Come On, Old Boy

ch. Three Regarded as a Hero

ch. Four Other Things to Do Besides Dancing

ch. Five The Worst of the Bad

ch. Six On the Warpath

ch. Seven Spectator Sport

ch. Eight Can't Put the Wind in Prison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

ISBN:

9781771770019

1771770015

OCLC:

1140643157

Publisher Number:

99986766400