Big+Bear



=Extraordinary Canadians: Big Bear = =by Rudy Wiebe =

 **Overview:**  Since the publication of Rudy Wiebe's 1973 Governor General's Award–winning novel, //The Temptations of Big Bear//, there has been much new scholarship about the Plains Cree chief who tried to ensure the survival of his people. In //Big Bear//, Wiebe revisits the life of the First Nations statesman who believed in negotiation and the rule of law over violence.