Research Catalog

Title

Aboriginal policing : a Canadian perspective / Bryan D. Cummins, John L. Steckley.

Author

Cummins, Bryan, 1953-

Publication

Toronto : Prentice Hall, c2003.

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Additional Authors

Steckley, John, 1949-

Description

xiii, 186 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Aboriginal policing a Canadian perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the cultural, historical, legal, and political bases for Aboriginal policing in Canada, Cummins andSteckley discuss Native native policing traditions; the impact of policing on Canada's First Nations; th U.S. experience as it provides perspective in Canada; contemporary issues and Native policing arrangements; experiences of Native police officers; and future trends in the field."-- Back cover.

Subject

• Native policing > Canada > Textbooks
• Policiers autochtones > Canada > Manuels
• Indian reservation police > Canada
• Indigenous peoples > Canada > Criminal justice system

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. Introduction to Aboriginal Policing ; The culture of policing ; The statistics of racism ; Alcohol and institutional racism ; The importance of knowing the complete people -- 2. The legal and political framework for Aboriginal policing ; What is the Indian Act? ; What are treaties? ; What is a Reserve? ; What is a Band? ; Government policies ; Federal policing initiatives ; Royal Canadian Mounted Police initiatives ; Native corrections -- 3. Aboriginal policing in British Columbia ; Native Peoples of British Columbia ; Policing the Potlatch ; The Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police ; Standoff at Gustafsen Lake ; The Nisga'a Treaty ; The native Youth Movement -- 4. Aboriginal policing in Alberta ; The Blackfoot Confederacy ; The Cardinal Report -- 5. Aboriginal policing in Saskatchewan ; The RCMP in Saskatchewan ; The image of the Mountie and the Indian in the plains ; Saskatoon Police stories --^
• 6. Aboriginal policing in Manitoba ; Traditional policing: The Metis ; The Dakota Ojibway Police Service ; The Helen Betty Osborne case ; The shooting of J.J. Harper ; The 911 case: First arrested, Last assisted? -- 7. Aboriginal policing in Ontario ; Policing Native peoples in Ontario ; The Anishinabe or Ojibwa ; Iroquois polocing -- 8. Aboriginal policing in Quebec ; Kahnawake Mohawk policing: Two solitudes in Quebec ; Kanehsatake Mohawk policing: The early story ; Algonquin policing: The Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation ; Cree policing -- 9. Aboriginal policing in Atlantic Canada ; Aboriginal policing in Newfoundland ; Aboriginal policing Nova Scotia ; Aboriginal policing in New Brunswick ; Aboriginal policing in Prince Edward island -- 10. Aboriginal policing in the Territories ; traditional notions of Law, Order, and Justice in the Territories ; The RCMP and the Territories ; Contemporary Policing in the Territories ; Contemporary policing in Nunavut --^
• 11. Experiences in the field ; case study: Three officiers policing an Aboriginal Community ; Two RCMP stories -- 12. Conclusion ; The First Nations Chiefs of Police Association study.

ISBN

0130406678 (pbk.) :

OCLC

48941099

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library