Warrior Societies in Indigenous Communitiesby - 29.07.2005 13:12
Taiaiake Alfred also is the author of the book "Peace, Power, Righteousness: an indigenous manifesto". view the pdf of the article at http://www.ipperwashinquiry.ca/policy_part/policing/pdf/Alfred_and_Lowe.pdf
(The essay was commissioned by the Ipperwash Inquiry into the 1995 murder of Dudley George, a First Nations freedom fighter, at Stoney Point in Ontario, by heavily armed provincial police.) http://www.ipperwashinquiry.ca/policy_part/policing/pdf/Alfred_and_Lowe.pdf
The Ipperwash Inquiry The Ipperwash Inquiry was established by the Government of Ontario on November 12, 2003, under Public Inquiries Act. Its mandate is to inquire and report on events surrounding the death of Dudley George, who was shot in 1995 during a protest by First Nations representatives at Ipperwash Provincial Park and later died. The Inquiry is also to make recommendations that would avoid violence in similar circumstances. The Honourable Sidney B. Linden is the Commissioner. The Commissioner has separated the Inquiry into two phases that run concurrently. Part 1 - the evidentiary hearings -- deal with the events surrounding the death of Dudley George. Part 2 - the policy and research part deals with the issues directed to the avoidance of violence in similar circumstances. |