| Description |
1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A quintessential Canadian story -- Part 1. Last known position -- Circling -- Recovery -- Not just another Indian -- The enigma of Abbie Halkett -- Precambria -- The drop-off -- The search -- Misgivings -- Finding truth in stories -- Part 2. Parallel sweep -- Uncle Frank's theory -- Personss of interest -- The flying preacher -- Americans -- Zombies in Toronto -- The capitalist -- The boss -- Tough old Northerners -- La Ronge, late summer -- The guide -- River ice -- Part 3. Dead reckoning -- In plain sight -- Jigging for trout -- Dreams -- The friend -- The big find -- A tip-off -- "My answer is no" -- Omens -- "A lot of water out there" -- Anomaly -- Road to Saskatoon -- Reckoning -- Focusing -- Part 4. Steady green -- Pâstâhowin : as far as you can go. |
| Summary |
"A small team uncovers new evidence and exposes police failure in one of the North's most enduring missing persons cases. Missing persons. Double murder? Métis leader James Brady was one of the most famous Indigenous activists in Canada. A communist, strategist, and bibliophile, he led Métis and First Nations to rebel against government and church oppression. Brady's success made politicians and clergy fear him; he had enemies everywhere. In 1967, while prospecting in Saskatchewan with Cree Band Councillor and fellow activist, Absolom Halkett, both men vanished from their remote lakeside camp. For 50 years rumours swirled of secret mining interests, political intrigue, and murder. Cold Case North is the story of how a small team, with the help of the Indigenous community, exposed police failure in the original investigation, discovered new clues and testimony, and gathered the pieces of the North's most enduring missing persons puzzle. 'Like too many cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people, authorities failed to ensure that Brady and Halkett's deaths were properly investigated. This book helps get to the bottom of the fate of these two men, and demonstrates why investigators should never dismiss the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples.' --Darren Prefontaine, author of Gabriel Dumont."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 12, 2020). |
| Subject |
Brady, Jim, 1908-1967.
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Halkett, Absolom, -1967.
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Brady, Jim, 1908-1967. (OCoLC)fst00101990
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Missing persons -- Investigation -- Saskatchewan -- Case studies.
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Missing persons -- Saskatchewan -- Case studies.
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Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Saskatchewan -- Case studies.
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Cold cases (Criminal investigation) (OCoLC)fst01736451
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Missing persons. (OCoLC)fst01023702
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Missing persons -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01023707
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Saskatchewan. (OCoLC)fst01204834
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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| Added Author |
Reder, Deanna, 1963- author.
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Bell, Eric (Park warden), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nest, Michael Wallace. Cold case north. Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2020 0889777497 9780889777491 (OCoLC)1145224115 |
| ISBN |
0889777500 electronic book |
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0889777527 electronic book |
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9780889777521 electronic book |
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9780889777507 (electronic book) |
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