Images of justice : a legal history of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as traced through the Yellowknife Courthouse collection of Inuit sculpture /
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| Author / Creator: | Eber, Dorothy. |
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| Edition: | 1st pbk. ed. |
| Imprint: | Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15 McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199162 |
| Summary: | In a display case at the entrance to the Yellowknife courthouse are a collection of fourteen Inuit carvings that represent landmark cases in the legal history of the Northwest Territories. These cases, which came to trial between 1955 and 1970, and the carvings that represent them illuminate a pivotal period of social change when the Inuit camp system was eroding and age-old practices and traditions were being called into question. Dorothy Harley Eber tells the stories behind the carvings and provides fascinating insights into the unique situations that developed as the Inuit came in contact with Canada's justice system. |
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| Item Description: | New preface to 2008 edition. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773566934 0773566937 9780773577725 0773577726 9780773534155 0773534156 |