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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
