Patrick Burke
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NWMP Constable Patrick Burke who was shot at the Battle of Cut Knife and died on May 3, 1885.
Historical note:
Historical note:
Comments on the request for full disclosure of evidence, regarding the injury of a man while in police custody, by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Investigation came about due to complaints by leaders from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Grand Council Treaty 3 and the Rainy River First Nations that the Board was not responding to deaths and race-based violence against Indigenous peoples.