Howard Adams : Otapawy! : the life of a Métis leader in his own words and in those of his contemporaries

Adams, Howard 1921-2001 (Author). Lutz, Hartmut. (Added Author). Hamilton, Murray, 1953- (Added Author). Heimbecker, Donna, 1961- (Added Author). Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. (Added Author).

Summary: Visceral, passionate and engaging, Howard Adams: Otapawy! will be an immense contribution to our knowledge of modern Métis political consciousness and activism. This revealing book - which includes a fictionalized autobiography with parallel and alternate outcomes - is Howard Adams' last account of his life and important work. In addition, numerous friends, colleagues and scholars provide the reader with candid and touching assessments of what Howard Adams meant to them as a friend, colleague, mentor, activist, political leader, teacher and scholar. Finally, an interactive CD-ROM containing dozens of photographs and documents relating to Howard Adams' life and work is included with this innovative tome. The late Howard Adams was a Métis icon. He will forever be remembered for developing Indigenous colonization theory for a Canadian context and for challenging how Canadian society perceives its relationship with Aboriginal peoples. To date, his books and essays are perhaps the most searing indictment of Canada's failed colonial policy towards its First Peoples.

Record details

ISBN: 0920915744
ISBN: 9780920915745
Physical Description: print
optical disc
xii, 310 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 inches).
Publisher: Saskatoon : Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes CD-ROM in pocket on p. [3] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Editor's introduction and two caveats to the reader / Murray Hamilton, Donna Heimbecker, and Hartmut Lutz -- Publisher's introduction / Gabriel Dumont institute publishing department -- A biographical timeline: Howard Adams, Ph.D. / Rene Inkster -- Memoirs: Autobiography and fiction -- Going out -- Leaving to become a mountie -- Growing up in St. Louis, Saskatchewan -- Mom, a French Métis -- His parents' romance -- Childhood in St. Louis -- Being Métis -- Racism -- Dad, an English halfbreed -- Living conditions: Shack and log cabin -- Subsistence farming -- St. Louis, Saskatchewan -- Relief and exploration -- Pastimes -- Ill health and poverty -- Fixing fence and cutting brush -- Politics and identity -- Elementary school -- Psychopathology of colonialism -- Uncle Mederic McDougall, beloved halfbreed historian -- High school -- School sports -- Tony questions history textbooks -- Howard/Tony organizes student protest -- Tony steps out of place/Tony finishes high school -- Mountie years -- Howard joins the mounties -- Howard/Tony arrives at RCMP depot, Regina, Saskatchewan -- Passing -- Howard's/Tony's romance with Edie/Sylvia -- Party at Edie's/Sylvia's house -- Mountie in Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- Mountie in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan -- Howard/Tony and the grain theft case: Two versions of Howard's greatest feat as a mountie -- Howard/Tony and the CCF poster scandal -- Tony's revenge on Gordon -- Tony meets Sue -- Disillusionment with mounties and growing political commitment -- Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan: The end of Howard's/Tony's mountie days -- Tony's and Sue's marriage plans -- Drifting between worlds -- Return to St. Louis -- Sue visits Tony's family in St. Louis -- Almighty's depression and hospitalization -- Tony/Howard leaves Saskatchewan for Vancouver -- Mainstreaming in Vancouver -- Sue visits Tony in Vancouver -- Howard gets a job with Vancouver school board -- Tony meets Teddy and learns about nepotism -- Attending the university of British Columbia -- Tony gets seriously involved with Judy Knox -- Tony and Judy at the new year's ball at the yacht club -- Tony is a serious student -- Tony becomes white middle class and marries Judy Knox -- Turning points -- Mamma is sick in Prince Albert; Judy's racism revealed -- Tony and Judy separate -- Alone -- Mamma's death -- Breakdown, drinking and obsession with Sue -- Searching for Sue in Saskatchewan -- Brief return to Métis land -- Return to British Columbia -- Meeting Thea Dean -- Howard at the university of California at Berkeley -- The politics of language: Michif vs. the Queen's standard English -- Dr. Howard Adams, Métis, returns to Saskatchewan -- Métis leader in Saskatchewan -- Dr. Adams/Dr. Bruce is hired as a community development officer by the university of Saskatchewan/Redfield college -- Howard/Tony organizes a radical conference on "Indian, Eskimo and Métis education," 1967 -- Growing political commitment of Tony and Thea -- Tony speaks at Batoche -- Offer to become deputy minister; refusal to be bought off -- Prince Albert: Tony becomes president of the Saskatchewan Métis association -- Tenure decision -- Election campaign at Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan -- Book burning at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan -- Getting even with the mounties -- Co-optation of Native organizations and leaders -- The starvation issue and its consequences -- Meadow Lake discussion about nationalism -- Looking back and taking stock -- Howard Adams, reminiscing after seeing the movie out of Africa -- Memories of Howard Adams by others -- Let me tell you / Marge Adams -- The old farm / Marge Adams -- Howard Adams / Rose Richardson -- He could have been successful in almost anything / Craig Oliver -- An appreciation of the late Howard Adams / Ron Bourgeault -- Being Howard's officemate at the university of California-Berkeley / William Johnson -- Howard Adams and the revival of Métis nationalism / James M. Pitsula -- Remembering Howard Adams / Rhoda Kaellis -- Remembering Howard Adams / Eugene Kaellis -- The man that we knew: A conversation between Maria Campbell and Donna Heimbecker / Marrie Campbell and Donna Heimbecker -- The Howard Adams I knew / Ron Laliberte -- Howard Adams, the Métis political conscience -- Howard Adams at UC Davis and DQU / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz -- Howard Adams: Radical Métis (inter-)nationalist / Hartmut Lutz -- Remembering Howard Adams / Geary Hobson -- Howard Adams - A personal remembrance / Wolfgang Kloss -- Epiphany in Saskatchewan: Or burning the Queen's portrait at Prince Albert / Konrad Gross -- Dimensions in Canadian history: Working with Howard Adams / Rose Klinkenberg -- Remembering Howard / Anette Brauer -- The "doctor" is in / Rhonda Carriere -- "That's Howard Adams!" / Dan Kruk -- Howard's last dream / Rene Inkster -- Conscientization: From Karl May to Howard Adams / Sylvia Walsh -- Afterword / Hartmut Lutz -- Howard Adams' publications: A bibliography / Rene Inkster and Hartmut Lutz -- List of contributors.