Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Description for Chee Chee
Paperback. 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 Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
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 committed suicide. Noted suicidologist and former RCMP officer Alvin 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 ... Read more
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 committed suicide. Noted suicidologist and former RCMP officer Alvin 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773537590
SKU
V9780773537590
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Al Evans
Al Evans is professor emeritus at St. Paul's United College, University of Waterloo.
Reviews for Chee Chee