Skip to Record Skip to Record Actions
Switch to Advanced Search
Cover Image of In search of Almighty Voice
  • Non-fiction
  • 2020

In search of Almighty Voice

resistance and reconciliation

W. A. Waiser

Rate this:
"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."--

Find More Like This

Subject

Availability

Availability Label Location Shelfmark Availability Reservations
Copies Available Calvin Park Branch Non 305.897323 Wai
Copies Available
 0

Comments and Reviews

Patron Comments and Reviews

Tell us what you thought about In search of Almighty Voice

Add a Comment or Review

Summary & Details

Full Record Details Table

Title Statement In search of Almighty Voice: resistance and reconciliation / Bill Waiser.
Author Waiser, W. A
Publication Markham, ON: Fifth House Publishers,[2020]
Extent of Item 288 pages
ISBN 9781771770019
1771770015
Other Number (OCoLC)1140643157
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."--
Subjects & Genres
By Topic Indigenous peoples--Social conditions--Canada
By Name Almighty Voice,1874-1897--Influence
Almighty Voice,1874-1897--In mass media
By Location Canada--Race relations
  • On the Shelf at the Calvin Park Branch On the Shelf at the Calvin Park Branch
Loading