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    "A native justice system would be less expensive and more efficient than the Canadian system in dealing with native defendants, the director of an American independent justice system said Wednesday."

Tibbetts, Janice, Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "OTTAWA (CP) - It will be easier for Canadian lawyers to screen potential jurors for racism following a Supreme Court decision Thursday that ordered a new trial for an aboriginal man convicted of rob

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 8 Jul 1998     Manitoba to start new aboriginal justice service WINNIPEG (CP) - A new $1.2 million aboriginal justice service aimed at cutting high repeat offender rates among Winnipeg natives will hear its first c

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 4 Aug 1999     Ottawa pointing finger at band councils for residential school system REGINA - A Regina lawyer says Ottawa is trying to wash its hands of its legal responsibility to former students of government-run

    Protester charged in lpperwash confrontation cleared SARNIA, Ont. - One of two aboriginal men on trial for battling police during a 1995 confrontation at Ipperwash Provincial Park was freed Tuesday.

    "When the Mohawks of Akwesasne devised their own judicial code, the ultimate punishment was the turning over of natives to the "white" system. That Explains a lot about how natives view the justice s

    "An Indian man who murdered his abusive adoptive father and came to symbolize the sad plight of native adoptees has been sentenced to six months in jail for escaping the Stony Mountain penitentiary."

    "Forty-one Mohawks charged in connection with last summer's armed standoff at Oka have been sent to trial without a preliminary hearing."

Baswick, Paul, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 26 Sep 2001     Douglas trial put on hold By Paul Baswick BRANTFORD - A clearer image of the events surrounding last year's eviction attempt at the Douglas residence on Mohawk Road began developing in Brantford Prov

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 5 Aug 1998, pp.1-2     Mohawk cigarette business stayed open after tax deal nixed QUEBEC (CP) - A Kahnawake cigarette dealer who had a secret tax deal with Quebec was able to continue selling tobacco after his tax permit w

Barnsley, Paul, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 29 Mar 1994, pp.1-2     Councillor explains suit by Paul Barnsley SIX NATIONS - At last night's Band Council meeting Councillor Dave Johns explained to the press why he filed suit to stop the formation of the new Six Nation

Justice as Healing: A Newsletter on Aboriginal Concepts of Justice, Oct 2013, pp.1-8     Contact Six Nations Public Library staff to access the digital file.

Mitchell, Bob, Turtle Island News, 16 Mar 2016     Ellen Gabriel: Canadian laws still oppress indigenous people By Bob Mitchell, Special to Turtle Island News BRANTFORD - Canada's laws continue to be based on racist doctrines that oppress its Indigen

    "Cameron Kerley is no angel but he's not dangerous, radio talk show host Peter Warren said Wednesday, shortly after the escaped killer surrendered to police at a radio station."

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 26 Sep 2001     Canadian government and church's appeal of judgment further abuses natives: plaintiff VANCOUVER (CP) - The Anglican Church and the federal government are heaping further abuse on natives by appealing

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 1997, pp.1-2     Planner spends Christmas in jail by Lynda Powless - Editor A Six Nations planner will not be released to the care and control of his community after a Corrections Canada official questioned "the inte

    "After a lengthy court battle Mohawks have won the right to use a native traditional oath at a trial in place of the swearing-in process outlined in the Canada Evidence Act.

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 15 Jul 1998     Six Nations men found guilty in Eagle's Nest Occupation Two men were found guilty Monday of mischief to property, for their Part in the 1995 occupation of the federal Indian and Northern Affairs offi

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 22 Jul 1998     Sentencing delayed in native logging case BATHURST, N.B. (CP) - A New Brunswick native logger whose actions triggered the dispute over aboriginal cutting rights on Crown land in the province had his

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 10 Dec 1997     Jailed planner back at work Christmas Eve or no job by Lynda Powless - Editor A Six Nations planner serving a sentence for the death of a Buffalo University professor will be expected to return to wo