The Native Voice: The Story of How Maisie Hurley and Canada's First Aboriginal Newspaper Changed a Nation

by Eric Jamieson

Book Overview

In 1945, Alfred Adams, a respected Haida elder and founding president of the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia (NBBC), was dying of cancer. After decades of fighting to increase the rights and recognition of First Nations people, he implored Maisie Hurley to help his people by telling others about their struggle. Hurley took his request to both heart and mind, and with $150 of her own money, started a small newspaper that would become a powerful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1987915178
• ISBN13: 9781987915174
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Caitlin Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"