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Grey Owl Outline

Proposed outline for expanding Grey Owl article

Career (heading)

Trapper (sub heading under career) (possibly Aron)

I Might be doing some work on the section of his earlier career as a Trapper

• His earlier mindset surrounding trapping will be discussed in greater depth, as not much is discussed with regards to how he viewed trapping before his switch to conservationism.
• His work with the Ojibwa Indians / Guppy Family will be explored as they were critical in his development as a trapper that understood the fragility of the animal ecosystem (Smith, 41)
• The time of his life spent working and living at the Temagami Inn as a chore-boy will be mentioned as this was one of the events in which  Archie first became an observer of the Objibwa way of life. (Smith, 40)
• His love interest, Angele will also be discussed as she also introduced Archie to influential figures within the Objibwa community, providing Archie with plenty of sketches for his infamous notebooks. (Smith, 42)

Braz, Albert. “St. Archie of the Wild. Grey Owl’s Account of His ‘Natural’ Conversion,” in Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination. ed. Janice Fiamengo, 206-226. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2007.

Grey Owl. Pilgrims of the Wild. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2010.

Smith, Donald B. From the Land of Shadows: the Making of Grey Owl. Saskatoon: Western Prairie Books, 1990.

Early Conservation Work (sub heading under career)

• From the section on his life as a trapper, we will discuss the impact of Anahareo on his switch from trapper to Conservationist.  
• The transformation of his own personal views of conservationism will be explored through his writings in Pilgrims of the wild.
• His initial desires to write will also be explored, this section then ending with the completion of his first book “The Men of the Last Frontier” which can be seen as one of the starting points of his public conservation career.

Braz, Albert. “St. Archie of the Wild. Grey Owl’s Account of His ‘Natural’ Conversion,” in Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination. ed. Janice Fiamengo, 206-226. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2007.

Grey Owl. Pilgrims of the Wild. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2010.

Smith, Donald B. From the Land of Shadows: the Making of Grey Owl. Saskatoon: Western Prairie Books, 1990.

Conservation Work with Parks Board Canada (sub heading under Career) (Aron)

I am doing this section dealing with his conservation work with Parks Board Canada

• Source matter in this subheading will discuss Grey Owl’s beginning with Parks Board Canada through meeting James Harkin, covering material surrounding the films he made with their support, and his placement as caretaker of park animals at Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba.  
• His relationship with W. J. Oliver regarding his being commissioned by Parks Board Canada to make films of Grey Owl will also be explored.  
• We will also delve further into his later life as a conservationist and his role in Prince Albert National park.

Lanken, Dane. “The Vision of Grey Owl.” Canadian Geographic 119 (1999): 74-80.

Smith, Donald B. From the Land of Shadows: the Making of Grey Owl. Saskatoon: Western Prairie Books, 1990.

Conservationist Views (new heading)

• His outlook on conservationism will be explored, using both Tina Loo’s “States of Nature” Conserving Canada’s Wildlife in the Twentieth Century, and Donald Smith’s “From the Land of Shadows,” and Grey Owl’s “Pilgrims of the Wild” as sources which deal with his mindset of conservationism in detail.

Loo, Tina. States of Nature: Conserving Canada’s Wildlife in the Twentieth Century. Vancouver: UBC Press ,2006.

Smith, Donald B. From the Land of Shadows: the Making of Grey Owl. Saskatoon: Western Prairie Books, 1990.

Conservation Legacy (sub heading under Posthumous recognition)

• The inspiration his lectures, books and films had on the people who came into contact with them will be explored deeper by using the sources below, as this is an area of his life which is largely overshadowed by the controversy of his false indigenous identity.

Billinghurst, Jane. Grey Owl: The Many Faces of Archie Belaney. Vancouver: Greystone Books, 1999.

Chapin, David. “Gender and Indian Masquerade in the Life of Grey Owl “ American Indian 	Quarterly 24 (2000): 91-109.

Dawson, Carrie. “Never Cry Fraud: Remebering Grey Owl, Rethinking imposture.” Essays on Canadian Writing 65 (1998): 120-140. 

Smith, Donald B. From the Land of Shadows: the Making of Grey Owl. Saskatoon: Western Prairie Books, 1990.

Death (Aron)

I will also be working on this part dealing with his relationship with Parks Board Canada and his death

• His relationships with Parks Board Canada prior to his death will be explored, delving into such aspects as how his increased use of alcohol, and absence from the park due to his touring  prior to his death impacted his relationship with Parks Board.

Loo, Tina. States of Nature: Conserving Canada’s Wildlife in the Twentieth Century. Vancouver: UBC Press ,2006.

Smith, Donald B. From the Land of Shadows: the Making of Grey Owl. Saskatoon: Western Prairie Books, 1990.

AronBrown (talk) 19:21, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Testing Talk

Hello to you, too, AronBrown. Welcome to our Wikipedia adventure. SockeyeSam (talk) 04:36, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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