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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.hiddenfromhistory.org ''Hidden From History:'' The Canadian Holocaust—The Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples], Kevin Annett's website.
 
*[http://www.hiddenfromhistory.org ''Hidden From History:'' The Canadian Holocaust—The Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples], Kevin Annett's website.
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*[http://itccs.org/ ITTCS] - Website of the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State.
 
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6637396204037343133 Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide (documentary)]: Google Video (108 minutes)
 
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6637396204037343133 Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide (documentary)]: Google Video (108 minutes)
 
*[http://www.bc.united-church.ca/content/kevin-annett United Church of Canada - Responses to claims made by Kevin Annett ]
 
*[http://www.bc.united-church.ca/content/kevin-annett United Church of Canada - Responses to claims made by Kevin Annett ]

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Kevin D. Annett (aka. Kevin McNamee-Annett, and Eagle Strong Voice born 1956 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian writer and former minister of the United Church of Canada. He has authored two books about Canadian aboriginals: :Love and Death in the Valley and Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust.

Education and ministry

In the 1980s, Annett graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor's degree in anthropology and a Master's degree in political science. In 1990, he graduated from the Vancouver School of Theology with a Master of Divinity, and was subsequently ordained by British Columbia Conference of the United Church of Canada. In 1990-1991 he served in churches in rural Manitoba, and in 1991-1992 served at the Fred Victor Mission in Toronto, an outreach street-ministry of The United Church of Canada. Beginning in 1992, he was the minister to St. Andrew's United Church in Port Alberni, British Columbia and resigned from this position in January 1995. [1] [2] Since 1997, Annett has been placed on the Discontinued Service List of The United Church of Canada, and can no longer function as a minister of that denomination. [3] [1] [2]

Residential school work and writings

Annett has written two books on the subject of residential school abuse in Canada. The first, Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust, was published in two editions: 2001, and 2005. The second, Love and Death in the Valley, was published in 2002.[4] In 2006, Kevin produced a documentary on this topic: Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide which won the 2006 award for 'Best Director' at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival [5]

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