Killing the shamen
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0920806813
ISBN 13
9780920806814
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1985
Publisher
Pages
218
Subject
Jack Fiddler -- -1907 -- Trials litigation etc.
Tags
Jack Fiddler -- -1907 -- Trials litigation etc, Trials (Murder) -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg, Administration of criminal justice -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg, Jack Fiddler -- -1907, Administration of criminal justice, Trials (Murder), Manitoba -- Winnipeg, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc. -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc., Manitoba
Abstract
"In the fall of 1907, one of the most unusual cases in the history of Canadian jurisprudence commenced in Norway House, Manitoba. Charged with murder was old Jack Fiddler, a shaman and leader of the Sucker clan from the upper Severn River in what is now northwestern Ontario. Joseph Fiddler, Jack's younger brother, was also charged. Their alleged crime was the killing of a possessed woman who had turned into the dreaded windigo.
Killing the Shamen is the true and fascinating account of the events that lead up to the 'murder,' the trial, and the aftermath."--Back cover.
Killing the Shamen is the true and fascinating account of the events that lead up to the 'murder,' the trial, and the aftermath."--Back cover.
Description
vii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
