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Boyce Richardson, writer and filmmaker
Sad to see that Boyce Richardson, an author, filmmaker, and journalist has passed away.
When I first began instructing Contemporary Indian Issues in Canada as it was called in 1976, I was introduced to a series of Richardson's documentary films on the James Bay Crees: Job's Garden, Cree Hunters of Mistassini, Our Land is Our Life and Flooding Job's Garden. In over 40 years of college teaching they remained some of the best film studies that I used. My students also benefitted from his books: Strangers Devour the Land, People of Terra Nullius: Betrayal, and Rebirth in Aboriginal Canada.
A native New Zealander, Boyce Richardson came to Canada in 1954 and made his mark working as a journalist in Northern Ontario and Northern Quebec. He has been described as a 'voice in the wilderness' for Aboriginal people and issues.
