Family history of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable, the late Robin Cameron, the Constable who was killed in the line of duty in Saskatchewan in 2006.
Documentary about the murders and disappearance of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women in the past 30 years. Accompanying material: Finding Dawn: A Guide For Teaching and Action.
Duration: 73:29.
A Collective Voice for Those Who Have Been Silenced
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lheidli T’enneh First Nation
Carrier Sekani Family Services
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
Prince George Native Friendship Center
Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment & Training Association
Description
Victim profiles and situation analysis, recommendations for prevention, emergency planning, victim family counselling and community development and support.
Article includes listing of 100s of missing persons including: the late Amber Tara-Lynn Redman, Daleen Bosse, and the late Melanie Dawn Geddes, Shelley Napope, Calinda Waterhen, Eva Taysup, Mary Jane Serloin, Joyce Lucille Tillotson (missing since 1983) and many others.
Cites the impact of Harper Government decisions to not proceed on pay equity, not improve EI provisions and the possible ramifications of the "three strikes and you're out" law that could jail certain offenders indefinitely. The article argues that those particularly affected would include Aboriginal women with addictions or histories of abuse who have acted out in violence and have inadequate access to healing.
Examines the gendered nature of gangs, risk factors that contribute to Aboriginal gang involvement; and prevention approaches needed to help young women to leave the gang lifestyle.
Excerpt from Exploring the Urban Landscape edited by Jerry P. White and Jodi Bruhn.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, vol. 13, no. 2, 2006-2007, pp. 403-422
Description
Discusses the status of Aboriginal women before contact, development and use of sentencing circles, British Columbia Court of Appeals decisions, looks at shortcomings of the present system and proposes adjustments to the system.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, pp. 5, 23-24
Description
Reviews the trial of Steven Kummerfield and Alexander Ternowetsky for the murder of Pamela George of the Sakimay First Nation and questions whether judicial bias was present.