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Arctic JusticeOn Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923 |
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A masterful account of the Arctic's first criminal trial involving an Inuk and a white fur trader.
Although there was no Canadian law enforcement in the Eastern High Arctic when a crazed white fur trader was killed by an Inuk, authorities put Nuqallaq and two other Baffin Island Inuit on trial. The Canadian government saw Robert Janes's death as murder; the Inuit saw it as removing a threat from their society according to custom. Nuqallaq was sentenced to ten years hard labour in Stony Mountain Penitentiary where he contracted tuberculosis. He died shortly after being returned to Pond Inlet.
Shelagh Grant's award-winning Arctic Justice is a masterly reconstruction of these tragic events at the intersection of Inuit and Canadian justice. Combining original Inuit oral testimony with archival history, Grant sheds light on the conflicting values and perceptions of two disparate cultures. She shows how the Canadian government's decision was determined by fear and political concerns for establishing sovereignty over the Arctic.
Arctic Justice is also a social history of North Baffin Island in the twentieth century with vivid portraits of Janes, Captain J.E. Bernier of the CGS Arctic, investigating RCMP officer A. H. Joy, and the remarkable Nuqallaq, his wife Ataguttiaq, and the Inuit of North Baffin Island.
Shelagh Grant's award-winning Arctic Justice is a masterly reconstruction of these tragic events at the intersection of Inuit and Canadian justice. Combining original Inuit oral testimony with archival history, Grant sheds light on the conflicting values and perceptions of two disparate cultures. She shows how the Canadian government's decision was determined by fear and political concerns for establishing sovereignty over the Arctic.
Arctic Justice is also a social history of North Baffin Island in the twentieth century with vivid portraits of Janes, Captain J.E. Bernier of the CGS Arctic, investigating RCMP officer A. H. Joy, and the remarkable Nuqallaq, his wife Ataguttiaq, and the Inuit of North Baffin Island.
Details
Part of the McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies (number 33 in series)
368 Pages, 6 x 9
Illustrations
ISBN 9780773529298
April 2005
Formats: Paperback, eBook
"Grant reveals a gulf in understanding that dwarfs the familiar two solitudes of French-English relations." MacLeans
"A compelling account of cultural conflict and misperception." The Beaver
"This is a fascinating story and a valuable contribution to the history of Northern Canada. Most significantly, because Grant has talked to the Inuit, this is the first time that the story of the relations between Inuit and newcomers has been told from the Inuit perspective."Morrison, history, University of Northern British Columbia and the author of True North: The Yukon and Northwest Territories
"Grant provides a riveting illustration of how Inuit traditionally handled dangerous people in their society. She gives an excellent and dramatic account of the trial, the circumstances behind it, and the tragic aftermath."Harley Eber, author of When the Whalers Were Up North and Images of Justice
"[An] engrossing tale of the Eastern Arctic's first criminal trial... Grant's meticulous interweaving of government records and Inuit oral history reveals a gulf in understanding that dwarfs the familiar two solitudes of French-English relations." MacLeans
"A compelling account of cultural conflict and misperception." The Beaver
"This is a fascinating story and a valuable contribution to the history of Northern Canada. Most significantly, because Grant has talked to the Inuit, this is the first time that the story of the relations between Inuit and newcomers has been told from the Inuit perspective."Morrison, history, University of Northern British Columbia and the author of True North: The Yukon and Northwest Territories
"Grant provides a riveting illustration of how Inuit traditionally handled dangerous people in their society. She gives an excellent and dramatic account of the trial, the circumstances behind it, and the tragic aftermath."Harley Eber, author of When the Whalers Were Up North and Images of Justice
"[An] engrossing tale of the Eastern Arctic's first criminal trial... Grant's meticulous interweaving of government records and Inuit oral history reveals a gulf in understanding that dwarfs the familiar two solitudes of French-English relations." MacLeans
Shelagh Grant is an adjunct professor of history and Canadian studies at Trent University and the author of Sovereignty or Security: Government Policy in the Canadian North, 1936-1950.
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$115.00 CAD
Cloth
9780773518377
$37.95 CAD
Paperback
Finalist
Harold Adams Innis Prize (Social Sciences)
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2004)
Winner
Clio Award for the North Region
Canadian Historical Association (2003)
Harold Adams Innis Prize (Social Sciences)
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2004)
Winner
Clio Award for the North Region
Canadian Historical Association (2003)
