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Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938), commonly known as Grey Owl, was a popular writer, public speaker and conservationist. Born an Englishman, in the latter years of his life he passed as half-Indian, claiming he was the son of a Scottish man and an Apache woman. [ a ] With books, articles and public appearances ...
- Early Life
- Grey Owl: Writer and Conservationist
- Death and Exposure
- The Continuing Allure of Archibald Belaney
- Books
Raised by two aunts and his grandmother, Archibald Belaney had an unhappy childhood. As a boy, he was fascinated with North American Indigenous peoples. At 17, he left England for Northern Canada where, apart from his war service, he spent the remainder of his life. Through his association with the Ojibweof Northern Ontario, he learned about the lo...
Shortly after his arrival, Archibald Belaney presented himself as the son of a Scottish man and an Apache woman and began to use the name Grey Owl. As Grey Owl, he published his first book, The Men of the Last Frontier (1931). Anahareo, his Algonquin and Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk) wife, convinced him of the need for conservation, and that became the c...
Shortly after his death, the North Bay Nugget published an article on 13 April 1938 in which it revealed that Archibald Belaney had falsely identified himself as Grey Owl and was not Indigenous. Other newspapers picked up the story. His work as a conservationist was largely forgotten. New editions of his book came out in the early 1970s, and CBCair...
Archibald Belaney’s work and life have continued to fascinate historians and biographers, readers and viewers. Several biographies were published in the 1990s, including Donald B. Smith’s From the Land of Shadows: The Making of Grey Owl, Armand Garnet Ruffo’s Grey Owl: The Mystery of Archie Belaney (1996), and Jane Billinghurst’s Grey Owl: The Many...
The Men of the Last Frontier (1931) Pilgrims of the Wild (1934) The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People (1935) Tales of an Empty Cabin(1936)
BELANEY, Archibald Stansfeld, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin, forest ranger, guide, trapper, environmentalist, conservation officer, writer, and lecturer; b. 18 Sept. 1888 in Hastings, England, elder son of George Furmage Belaney and Kathleen Verena (Kittie) Cox; m. first 23 Aug. 1910 Angele Egwuna on Bear Island in Lake Temagami, Ont., and they had at least two ...
- Donald B. Smith
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16
Sep 19, 2013 · BBC News. Grey Owl was born Archibald Stansfeld Belaney in Hastings, East Sussex. He undertook lecture tours in England, appearing at Buckingham Palace. One hundred and twenty five years ago, a ...
Prince Albert National Park. The English author and conservationist Archibald Belaney (who called himself Grey Owl) and his Mohawk wife Gertrude Bernard (also known as Anahareo) lived and worked in Riding Mountain and Prince Albert National Parks in the 1930s. While working for these parks, Belaney passed himself off as Indigenous.
Mar 17, 2003 · Belaney was born in the English Channel port of Hastings in 1888, the son of a teenage bride and a reprobate father who soon left his family. Raised by two strict maiden aunts, Archie early on began to develop elaborate fantasies about his absent father, entwining the elder Belaney with his own love of animals and fascination with North American natives.
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Apr 13, 2016 · Archibald Stansfeld Belaney was born in Hastings England on September 18, 1888. As a child he was fascinated by tales of the Canadian wilderness and the freedom, which was so different from his ...
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