NCJ Number
15616
Date Published
1972
Length
135 pages
Annotation
THIS STUDY IS CONCERNED WITH THE APPLICATION OF CANADIAN LAW AND EURO-CULTURE TO THE ESKIMOS AND INDIANS OF CHURCHILL, MANITOBA, A FRONTIER COMMUNITY IN THE FAR NORTH.
Abstract
THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IS SEEN A PRECIPATING CAUSE OF CRIME COMMITTED BY ESKIMOS AND INDIANS. HOWEVER, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS LINKED TO THE PREVALENCE OF SOCIAL ASSIMILATION POLICIES, WHETHER TACIT OR OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGED, AND TO THE INAPPLICABILITY OF 'WHITE' LAWS TO NATIVE PEOPLES. SUGGESTIONS FOR REDUCING THE LEVEL OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, FOR ATTAINING A GREATER DEGREE OF CROSS-CULTURAL RESPECT, AND FOR IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS IT AFFECTS INDIANS AND ESKIMOS ARE PRESENTED.