Arctic justice : on trial for murder, Pond Inlet, 1923

Arctic justice : on trial for murder, Pond Inlet, 1923 / Shelagh D. Grant.

"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....

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Main Author: Grant, Shelagh D. (Shelagh Dawn), 1938-2020
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2002.
Series:McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 33.
Subjects:
Janes, Robert S., > -1920 > Relations with Inuit.
Janes, Robert S., > -1920
Janes, Robert S.
Murder > Nunavut > Baffin Island.
Trials (Murder) > Nunavut > Pond Inlet.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Nunavut > Pond Inlet > History.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Ethnic relations
Murder
Relations with Inuit
Trials (Murder)
Mord
Strafverfahren
Rechtssystem
Eskimo's.
Strafprocessen.
Moorden.
Administration de la justice.
Inuit.
Justice pénale.
Meurtre.
Procès pour meurtre.
Relations interethniques.
Pond Inlet (Nunavut) > Ethnic relations.
Nunavut > Baffin Island
Nunavut > Pond Inlet
Pond Inlet > Nunavut
Pond Inlet (T.N.-O.)
Eskimo.
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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