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In 1913, two Roman Catholic priests, who were attempting an initial missionary visit to the Coppermine in northern Canada, disappeared without a trace; 2 years later, after a prolonged and painstaking search, members of the Royal North West Mounted Police arrested two Inuit hunters, Sinnisiak and Uluksuk; more than a year later they were brought to trial in Edmonton, Alberta, under the jurisdiction of British law and courts. The first trial ended in a "not guilty" verdict; following charges of jury tampering and a change of venue, Sinnisiak and Uluksuk were found guilty by a Calgary jury. The nature of these trials make this case an important chapter in the history of Canada's cultural development. The point of the trials was not primarily to bring Sinnisiak and Uluksuk to justice, but rather to impress upon the whole Inuit nation that their behavior toward the white man would be judged and sanctioned under the white man's law. The two defendants served 2 years in a minimum-security facility, where they were model prisoners; upon release, they returned to their own region. The hope was that their example would deter their fellow Inuit from similar behavior. Apparently, this goal wa

Author

Robert Gordon Moyles; Northern Justice Society; Simon Fraser University

Publisher

Northern Justice Society, Simon Frasier University

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780864910929