Indigenous People and the Justice System by College Reine-Marie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice Truth and Reconciliation project: Reading and Viewing Package #4 en-us 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC 2025-04-15 14:39:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png Document 1a: song and video clip https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838749990 "Woodcarver", by A Tribe Called Red

Guiding Question:   Describe the mood of this video clip AND what techniques did A Tribe Called Red use to achieve that mood in their song and clip?
Taken from their 2012 self-titled album, this song and video clip retells the shooting of the homeless woodcarver named John T Williams.   Read the following document for more information on the event showcased in this protest song.]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838749990 Document 1b: News Article https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838749993 "New totem pole is raised in honor of slain carver John T. Williams"

Guiding Question:  What was the cause AND effect of the unlawful shooting of woodcarver, John T Williams, by officer Ian Birk of the Seattle Police Force?

Taken from a 2016 edition of The Seattle Times, this article highlights the reaction of the community to the unlawful shooting of woodcarver, John T. Williams.]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838749993 Document 3a: a map https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838749998 A map of the Highway of Tears
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/interactives/thecurrent/images/map-highwayoftearsfinal.jpg]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838749998 Document 3b: Women who disappeared https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750001 A map and images of women who disappeared on the Highway of Tears
http://wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2012/09/highway-of-tears.gif?w=640]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750001 Document 3c: News article. https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750003 "Dozens of Women Vanish on Canada’s Highway of Tears, and Most Cases Are Unsolved", by Dan Levin, New York Times

Guiding Question 1:  According to Carolyn Bennett, why are the RCMP's estimates about murdered and missing aboriginal girls not considered to be accurate?
Guiding Question 2:  Why is the Highway of Tears a "serious test for PM Trudeau as he treis to repair the country's relationship with aboriginal peoples"?
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/world/americas/canada-indigenous-women-highway-16.html

]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750003 Document 3d: a short documentary film https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750006 "Searchers: Highway of Tears" by Vice Studios
Guiding Question: According to Mary Tagee, why is this issue a "Canadian issue", and not only an aboriginal issue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz63Vppw3gE

]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750006 Document 4a: documentary film https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750009 "The Hidden Scandal Of Canada's Missing Women", by Journeyman Pictures
Guiding Question 1:   What was the impact of the Tina Fontaine case on Canada?
Guiding Question 2:  What was the police response to Tina's disappearance?

Watch for first 15 minutes of this 40-min documentary. 
Of course, you may finish watching the film at home if you are engaged in the stories of Tina Fontaine, Jennifer Catchaway and the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls

Click here to view the film.

]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750009 Document 4b: Editorial https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750011 "To honour Tina Fontaine, protect others like her," by The Globe and Mail, Feb 24, 2018
Guiding Question:  According to this editorial writer, what was the real crime associated with Tina Fontaine?
]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750011 Document 5b: News article and video clip https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750014 "Indigenous woman plans to deliver baby in secret over foster care fears", by Jeff Lagerquist of CTV News

Guiding Question: Why was there a 2 -day "emergency meeting" in Ottawa between Indigenous leaders and child welfare officials from the government?  Explain the crisis that brought about this meeting.

]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750014 Document 4c: Editorial https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750016 "Disturbing trend in debate on inquiry into missing, murdered aboriginal women" by Chelsea Vowel · CBC News

Guiding Question 1:  Explain the opinion of those people who oppose the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women.
Guiding Question 2:   Explain the opinion of the writer of this editorial, Chelsea Vowel, about the National Inquiry in MMIW.
]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750016 Document 6a: News Article https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750018 "Canadian police must acknowledge racial bias to fix it, Indigenous advocates say", by Nicole Ireland · CBC News

Guiding Question:  Explain the root cause of Indigenous community's mistrust of police services. 
]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750018 Document 6b: News article and video clip https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750020 "Public hearings open in Val-d'Or inquiry into Indigenous issues", by  The Canadian Press

Guiding Question:  Why did this Inquiry take place in Val D'or specifically, and how will this Inquiry help repair the relationship between the Val D'or Indigenous community and police, correctional, and child welfare services?
]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750020 Document 2: News article https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750022 "Unequal Justice: Aboriginals caught in the justice system trap" by PATTY WINSA AND JIM RANKIN of the Toronto Star

Guiding Question:  Aside from the issue of police brutality highlighted in the above song by A Tribe Called Red, what are the OTHER problems in the justice system that cause Indigenous people to mistrust the courts and the prisons so much?
]]> 2020-10-18 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750022 Document 5a: News article https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/trprojectjustice/wish/838750024 "Creator of Sixties Scoop adoption program says it wasn't meant to place kids with white families", by Jennifer Fowler of CBC News

Guiding Question 1:  Why did the Saskatchewan Social Services department think that the A.I.M program was effective and just?   
Guiding Question 2:  Why does the Saskatchewan Native Women's Association think that the A.I.M. program was part of a process of cultural genocide?

BTW... Please take note of how this writer starts her article by "hooking" the reader with the shocking story of the young Cree mother, Lillian Semaganis. Then notice how this writer ends her article with a final clinching concluding sentence about the same woman, Lillian Semaganis.
The conclusion technique of "linking back to your hook" is quite effective and commonly used by professional writers. I hope you can use that technique too. ;-)
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