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Big Bear  Cover Image Book Book

Big Bear / by Rudy Wiebe ; with an introduction by John Ralston Saul.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0670067865
  • ISBN: 9780670067862 :
  • Physical Description: xviii, 222 p. : map ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references: p. 221-222.
Subject: Big Bear, 1825?-1888.
Cree Indians > Prairie Provinces > History.
Cree Indians > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Cree Indians > Prairie Provinces > Biography.
Indians of North America > Prairie Provinces > Biography.
Indians of North America > Prairie Provinces > History.

Available copies

  • 13 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library 971.2004 Wieb (Text) 33294001628684 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library 971.2004 BIG (Text) 35146001170992 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library 971.2004973230092 WIE (Text) 35136000318213 Adult Non Fic Volume hold Available -
Fort Nelson Public Library 971.2004 WIE (Text) BFN061441 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort St. John Public Library 971.2004973230092 WIE (Text) BFSJ120313 ADULT Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Granisle Public Library 971.2004 WIE (Text) 35190000070399 Adult Non Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -
Invermere Public Library BIO BIG (Text) IPL038157 Adult Biography Volume hold Available -
Kitimat Public Library 971.2004 Big (Text) 32665001507740 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Nakusp Public Library 920 BIG (Text) 35160000556010 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Nelson Public Library B BIG (Text) 3514830001925 Biography Volume hold Available -

  • Penguin Putnam
    Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. Rudy Wiebe, author of a Governor General’s Award–winning novel about Big Bear, revisits the life of the eloquent statesman, one of Canada’s most important aboriginal leaders.
  • Random House, Inc.
    Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. Rudy Wiebe, author of a Governor General’s Award–winning novel about Big Bear, revisits the life of the eloquent statesman, one of Canada’s most important aboriginal leaders.

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