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Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, the Wiindigoo, and Star Trek: The Next Generation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacob Bender
Lydia Maunz- Breese
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 141-161
Description
Relates thematic content of the novel to that of series' episodes which give the novel its chapter titles; examines both works in the context of the Anishinaabe Wiindigoo stories, discussing interpretations of the concepts of lawlessness, justice and vigilantism.
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Lynching of Louie Sam

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rina Fraticelli
Mary Armstrong
David Milwraith
Wild Zone Films
Keith Carlson
Description
Docudrama about incident in 1884 when a lynch mob of approximately 100 Americans crossed the border and hung the fourteen-year-old St´:lõ boy who they accused of killing a American shopkeeper named James Bell. Based on article "The Lynching of Louis Sam", B.C. Studies, No. 109, Spring 1996, pp. 63-79, by Keith Thor Carlson. Duration: 52:04.
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The Lynching of Louie Sam

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
BC Studies, no. 109, Spring, 1996, pp. 63-79
Description
Discussion of the incident in 1884 when a lynch mob of approximately 100 Americans crossed the border and hanged the fourteen-year-old boy who they accused of killing a shopkeeper named James Bell.
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Mana Tamariki: Cultural Alienation - Māori Child Homicide and Abuse

Alternate Title
Mana Tamariki: Cultural Alienation
Mana Tamariki: Cultural Alienation - Maori Child Homicide and Abuse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rawiri Taonui
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 187-202
Description
Examines the origins and issues of violence towards children in Maori society and looks at culturally based solutions.
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Mapping Geographies of Canadian Colonial Occupation: Pathway Analysis of Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke'e Lucchesi
Gender, Place & Culture, vol. 26, no. 6, 2019, pp. 868-887
Description
Uses life course analysis of four women to explore linkages between relationships to the land, colonialism and intergenerational violence, and argues that rather than putting themselves at risk as is popularly perceived, they find themselves subjected to circumstances created and maintained by the Canadian state which make them vulnerable to perpetrators of violence.
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Marie Osecap 2 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
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Mass Incarceration Is the New Racism

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 95-97
Description
Book review of: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
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Massacre Myth

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christine Choo
Aboriginal History, vol. 23, 1999, pp. 124-128
Description
Book review of: Massacre Myth by Rod Moran. Review located by scrolling to page 124.
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The Meaning of Treason in 1885

Articles » General
Author/Creator
D. H. Brown
Saskatchewan History, vol. 28, no. 2, Spring, 1975, pp. [65]-73
Description
Article discusses the development of the doctrine of treason in English law and its application in Canada; examines Louis Riel’s status as a naturalized American citizen and questions the validity of charges brought against him as a result of that status. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 65.
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Media and the Perpetuation of Western Bias: Deviations of Ideality

Alternate Title
Media’s Role in the Reinforcement of Negative Stereotypes of Indigenous Identity and the Manifestations of Violence toward Murdered Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angie Tucker
Description
Argues that media portrayals of missing and murdered Indigenous women utilize stereotypes and fail to educate the public about how the marginalization produced by colonialism makes these women vulnerable to violence. Looks specifically at how the murders of Winnipeg's Selena Keeper and Calgary's Lacey Jones-McKnight were covered in the Winnipeg Free Press, Calgary Herald and National Post.
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Meeting the Needs of Victims and Offenders

Alternate Title
User Report (Solicitor General Canada, Ministry Secretariat) ; no. 1992-18
Aboriginal Policing Series
Inventory of Aboriginal Policing Programs in Canada ; part VII
Author/Creator
Julie Jarvis
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Métis Children and Families, and the Child Welfare System: An Urban Winnipeg Perspective: Prepared For Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Métis Federation
Métis Child and Family Services Authority
Judy Mayer
Billie Schibler
Description
Presentation to Phase Three of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair. Inquiry looked into how the Manitoba child welfare system had failed to protect the five-year-old girl.
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Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia and Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawyers' Rights Watch
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Identifies areas of persistent discrimination and highlights Canada's ongoing failure to address rights violations. Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its review of Canada’s 19th and 20th reports.
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Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia, Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women’s Association of Canada
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic
Description
"Briefing Paper for Thematic Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 144th Period of Sessions, March 28, 2012."
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[Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls, pt.2]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nahanni Fontaine
Description
Describes efforts to shift public thinking from blaming victims and their circumstances rather than the perpetrators of crime, the perception that only "sex trade workers" are being targeted, and the various gatherings that take place to memorialize these women. Duration: 18:25.
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Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls: Revealing the Numbers Game

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lillian Dyck
Description
Speaker talks about how some of the data has been misinterpreted or ignored by the RCMP, federal government, and media. Implication has been that most women were murdered by their spouse, family member, or intimate partners on-reserve and disregarded the role of acquaintances. Duration: 45:34.
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Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada: Learning from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Eby
Robyn Gervais
Description
Lawyer from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Assoc. and lawyer who represented Aboriginal interests critique the Commission in terms of the structure, lack of consultation and operation, and give reasons why groups most directly affected eventually withdrew from the process. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:21:17.
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: Gender, Indigeneity, and Genocide

Alternate Title
MMIWG in Canada: Gender, Indigeneity, and Genocide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justine Berezintsev
Katherine James
Laurel Rush
Gabrielle Vallières
Description
Looks at how the intersection of marginalized identities led the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Women and Girls to conclude that the this femicide was part of the larger act of genocide.
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal: Towards a Meaningful Collaboration

between the SPVM and Indigenous Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dominique Bernier
Doris Farget
Mirja Trilsch
Description
Reports on the results of interviews with Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM) and community workers about the police force's response to the crisis. Includes discussion of the current situation and challenges to collaboration, and recommendations for developing a better a relationship. Summary Report.
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: The Importance of Collaborative Research in Addressing a Complex National Crisis

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marsha Axford
Victims of Crime Research Digest, no. 10, 2017, pp. 23-28
Description
Discusses the collaboration between Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) and the Department of Justice Canada's Research and Statistics Division (RSD) on a special analysis of Homicide Survey data with the goal to further examine specific aspects of "casual acquaintance" murders. Scroll to p. 23.
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis: Technological Dimensions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Bailey
Sara Shayan
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 28, no. 2, [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Conference], 2016, pp. 321-341
Description
Looks at how technology can facilitate multiple forms of violence against women, including stalking, human trafficking, and abuse of child images.
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