British law and Arctic men : the celebrated 1917 murder trials of Sinnisiak and Uluksuk, first Inuit tried under white man's law
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0888330219
ISBN 13
9780888330215
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1979
Publisher
Pages
93
Subject
Trials (Murder) -- Canada -- History
Tags
Royal North West Mounted Police (Canada) -- History, Trials (Murder) -- Canada -- History, Inuit -- Canada -- Government Relations, Inuit -- Canada -- Social conditions, Administration of criminal justice -- Canada -- History, Royal North West Mounted Police (Canada), Administration of criminal justice, Inuit -- Government relations, Inuit -- Social conditions, Trials (Murder), Canada, Sinnisiak, Uluksuk
Abstract
"When Inuit hunters Sinnisiak and Uluksuk were tried and sentenced for the murder of two Catholic priests, it seemed that the British were determined to establish themselves as the forces of law and order in the new land as much as they were motivated by the application of justice.
Gordon Moyles has researched police records, primary materials and letters to provide readers with a first-hand view of the events leading up to and including the trial."--Book jacket.
Gordon Moyles has researched police records, primary materials and letters to provide readers with a first-hand view of the events leading up to and including the trial."--Book jacket.
Description
xii, 137 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliography.
Number of Copies
1
