Killing the Shamen Cultural/Traditional Lifestyle Frances Nickawa

Frances Nickawa

Written for both the beginning linguist as well as the scholar of Algonquian languages

Metis professor Jo-Ann Episkenew offers a highly readable analysis of the role of colonial governments in Canada and the policies that overtook the lives of First Nations

It goes on to explore issues and aspects of social work practice with Indigenous people to assist educators

Killing the Shamen Cultural/Traditional Lifestyle Frances NickawaKilling the Shamen is the story of the Sandy Lake Cree of northwestern Ontario and their clash with the Canadian criminal justice system in 1907. Jack Fiddler, shaman and leader, together with his brother, Joseph Fiddler, were charged with murder in the death of a possessed woman who had become a windigo. The two men were taken to Norway House in Manitoba for trial. This compelling story is told through the words of several Cree Elders who in 1971