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Chee Chee: A Study of Aboriginal Suicide Volume 39
Contributor(s): Evans, Al (Author)

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 ISBN: 0773537597     ISBN-13: 9780773537590
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Indigenous Peoples
- Psychology | Suicide
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 362.280
LCCN: 2013387136
Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.55 lbs) 208 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
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 commited suicide. Noted suicidologist and former RCMP officer Al 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 behaviour and information from interviews with Chee Chee's mother, close friends, and fellow artists, Evans shows that understanding Benjamin's suicide requires moving beyond psychological analysis to include the damage that contact with White society has caused Native culture, heritage, status, and meaning of life. Evans argues that White society needs to understand these dynamics to be involved in the healing process of Aboriginal peoples in Canada - or to at least avoid hindering their recovery.

Contributor Bio(s): Evans, Al: - Alvin Evans is professor emeritus at St Paul's United College, University of Waterloo.
 
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