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A passionate account of how one man’s fight against racism and injustice transformed the criminal justice system and galvanized the Mi’kmaw Nation’s struggle for self-determination, forever changing the landscape of Indigenous rights in Canada and around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Meki o’pla’lusnaq | A Great Wrong: The Wrongful Conviction

2 Melgwisgat | Nightmare: Prison and Freedom

3 Koqwaja’taqn | To Do the Right Thing: The Royal Commission

4 Ilsutekek | To Make Right: Recommendations and Outcomes

5 L’nuwey Tplutaqan | L’nu Law: Mi’kmaw Legal Principles

6 Munsi sapa’l’k | Struggle to Survive: Mi’kmaw Justice Initiatives

7 Najiwsgeieg | We Go Fishing: In Search of a Livelihood

8 Nijkitekek | That Which Heals: Restorative Justice

9 I’l’oqaptmu’k | Revisiting for Renewal: Mi’kmaw Legal Consciousness Today

Mi’ walatl | Thankful For

Notes; References and Further Reading; Index

Truth and Conviction

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 21/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9780774837491, 978-0774837491
      ISBN10: 0774837497

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A passionate account of how one man’s fight against racism and injustice transformed the criminal justice system and galvanized the Mi’kmaw Nation’s struggle for self-determination, forever changing the landscape of Indigenous rights in Canada and around the world.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 Meki o’pla’lusnaq | A Great Wrong: The Wrongful Conviction

      2 Melgwisgat | Nightmare: Prison and Freedom

      3 Koqwaja’taqn | To Do the Right Thing: The Royal Commission

      4 Ilsutekek | To Make Right: Recommendations and Outcomes

      5 L’nuwey Tplutaqan | L’nu Law: Mi’kmaw Legal Principles

      6 Munsi sapa’l’k | Struggle to Survive: Mi’kmaw Justice Initiatives

      7 Najiwsgeieg | We Go Fishing: In Search of a Livelihood

      8 Nijkitekek | That Which Heals: Restorative Justice

      9 I’l’oqaptmu’k | Revisiting for Renewal: Mi’kmaw Legal Consciousness Today

      Mi’ walatl | Thankful For

      Notes; References and Further Reading; Index

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