Chee Chee : a study of aboriginal suicide / Al Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Al, 1920-

Series:

McGill-Queen's native and northern series Chee Chee

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Canada.

Indigenous peoples.

Chee Chee, Benjamin, 1944-1977.

Chee Chee, Benjamin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 178 pages) : illustrations, 1 portrait.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Benjamin Chee Chee lived with anger and frustration for more than thirty years before he took his own life. An Ojibway artist who killed himself just as he was beginning to gain international recognition, Chee Chee is one of the thousands of aboriginal peoples in Canada who have commited suicide. Noted suicidologist and former RCMP officer Al Evans explores Chee Chee's wild, reckless, creative life to reveal how the clash between Native and White society has affected the suicide rate of young Native men and women, now among the highest in the world. Using his in-depth understanding of Native self-destructive behaviour and information from interviews with Chee Chee's mother, close friends, and fellow artists, Evans shows that understanding Benjamin's suicide requires moving beyond psychological analysis to include the damage that contact with White society has caused Native culture, heritage, status, and meaning of life. Evans argues that White society needs to understand these dynamics to be involved in the healing process of Aboriginal peoples in Canada - or to at least avoid hindering their recovery.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Vigil

Chee Chee: A Life

Chee Chee The Artist

Ojibway Inheritance

Canadian Native Inheritance

The Act of Suicide

The Suicide of Benjamin Chee Chee

Horizons of Hope: An Empowering Journey

The Healing

Final Words

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-174) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Evans, Al, 1920- Chee Chee.

ISBN:

1-282-86172-7

9786612861727

0-7735-7178-7