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Hedican, Edward J.
Subjects
Hudson's Bay Company -- Employees.
First Nations -- James Bay Region.
Indigenous peoples -- James Bay Region.
Cree -- James Bay Region.
Massacres -- James Bay Region.
Murder -- James Bay Region.
Oral history -- James Bay Region.
Racism against Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
James Bay Region -- Race relations.
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Hedican, Edward J.
Hudson's Bay Company -- Employees.
First Nations -- James Bay Region.
Indigenous peoples -- James Bay Region.
Cree -- James Bay Region.
Massacres -- James Bay Region.
Murder -- James Bay Region.
Oral history -- James Bay Region.
Racism against Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
James Bay Region -- Race relations.
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When the spirit calls : the killings at Hannah Bay / Edward J. Hedican.
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Hedican, Edward J.
University of Toronto Press, 2023.
Call #:
364
.1523
H454w
Subjects
Hudson's Bay Company -- Employees.
First Nations -- James Bay Region.
Indigenous peoples -- James Bay Region.
Cree -- James Bay Region.
Massacres -- James Bay Region.
Murder -- James Bay Region.
Oral history -- James Bay Region.
Racism against Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
James Bay Region -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9781487546687 (trade pbk)
Description:
x, 433 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In January 1832, in the most southern part of Ontario's James Bay, an elderly Cree man by the name of Quapakay was told by the spirits of the shaking tent that in order to survive the winter, he was required to 'spoil' the post at Hannah Bay, a Hudson's Bay Company goose hunting station. Following the directions of the spirits, Quapakay and his sons carried out this ill-fated task, resulting in the deaths of sixteen occupants of the Hannah Bay post. Now known as the 'Hannah Bay Massacre,' the victims included fur trader William Corrigal, the postmaster and his wife, and seven other Indigenous people. When the Spirit Calls explores the social, cultural, and historical context in which the Hannah Bay tragedy took place, as gleaned from the Hudson Bay Company's archival records and elucidations by Cree oral traditions. The research is the culmination of over forty years of investigation by Edward J. Hedican in Indigenous communities, from the mid-1970s to the present day. In the book, Hedican aims to uncover the circumstances, behaviours, and attitudes that led to the slaughter. When the Spirit Calls sheds light on the racist attitudes held by the white settler population towards Indigenous people -- attitudes that were prevalent in our colonial past and that continue to this very day."--Publisher.
Genre:
True crime.
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Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
364.1523 H454w
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