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In search of Almighty Voice : resistance and reconciliation

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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 14:23 hrs
    Narrator: Al Melnyk
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was recorded thanks to support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 14:23 hrs
    Narrator: Al Melnyk
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component

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  • Author: Waiser, W. A.
    Date:
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    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.

    Contents:
    • Preface. It involves all of us
    • Introduction. Temptation to starving men
    • ch. 1. Miserable beyond description
    • ch. 2. Come on, old boy
    • ch. 3. Regarded as a hero
    • ch. 4. Other things to do besides dancing
    • ch. 5. The worst of the bad
    • ch. 6. On the warpath
    • ch. 7. Spectator sport
    • ch. 8. Can't put the wind in prison
    • epilogue. Bring me home
    • Appendix. One arrow and the Sutherland connection
    • index
    • acknowledgements
    • about the author.
    Original Publisher: Markham, ON, Fifth House Publishers
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781771770019, 1771770015