The Highway Runs East: Poverty, Policing, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Nova Scotia

Article examines the stories of four deceased Aboriginal women: Victoria Rose Paul, Loretta Saunders, Nora Bernard, and Tanya Jean Brooks. Argues policing, mental health and addiction, and socioeconomic fragility contribute to the vulnerability of Indigenous women and discusses these issues in the context of the Marshal Inquiry, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and the national calls for reconciliation.
Author/Creator
J. Robert Larmer
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Yes
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No
Citation
Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 27, 2018, pp. 89-136
Publication Date
2018
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Articles -- General
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Text -- PDF
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