"To Make These Tribes Understand": The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Coates, K.S., Morrison, W.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: Alikomiak; Tatamigana; law enforcement; sovereignty; Inuit; application de la loi; souveraineté; Arctic; Canada; Peine; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64119

Alikomiak and Tatamigana were the first Inuit tried and executed for murder under Canadian law. The case was the third in a series of killings of outsiders by Inuit in the western Arctic which had begun in 1912; the first two had resulted in more lenient treatment. The trial of these two men, which...