Arctic justice: on trial for murder, Pond Inlet, 1923
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Main Author: Grant, Shelagh D., (Shelagh Dawn) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal, Que. McGill-Queen's University Press c2002
Series:McGill-Queen's native and northern series 33
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
North Baffin to 1905 -- Sovereignty and justice, 1874-1920 -- Gold seekers and fur traders, 1912-1919 -- Sakirmiaviniq -- Police investigations -- Awaiting judgment -- Trial by jury -- To prison and return -- Aftermath -- Arctic justice revisited
"Arctic Justice recounts a critical episode in how Canada came to control its High Arctic. In 1922 a mad trapper threatened to kill the sled dogs of a group of Baffin Island Inuit and, following the Inuit customary law that individuals who endanger the community must be killed, be was executed. Nuqallaq, an Inuk, killed Robert Janes, a white man, and Canadian authorities made the unprecedented decision to put him and two accomplices on trial for murder, leading to the establishment of Canadian law enforcement in the North. Shelagh Grant shows that Canada's action was motivated more by international political concerns for establishing sovereignty over the Arctic than by the pursuit of justice."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 342 p.)
ISBN:0773523375
0773570039
9780773523371
9780773570030

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