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

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grant, Shelagh D. (Shelagh Dawn), 1938-2020
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2002.
Colección:McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 33.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.