Revenge of the Windigo Treaties and Suzanne Methot

and Suzanne Methot

the Walrus

the authors include numerous black and white illustrations

it clearly remains a present factor in the here and now

and anybody interested in and involved in the politics of treaty negotiation in British Columbia should read this book

Revenge of the Windigo Treaties and Suzanne MethotRevenge of the Windigo: The Construction of the Mind and Mental Health of North American Aboriginal Peoples by medical anthropologist James Waldram examines the tangled web of theory, method, and data rife with conceptual problems, shaky assumptions, and inappropriate generalizations about the nature of Aboriginal mental health issues. This highly articulate work is about the knowledge of Aboriginal mental health: who generates it; how it is generated