Policing Aboriginal Protests and Confrontations: Some Policy Recommendations
This paper discusses the role of police forces in Aboriginal protests and confrontations. It takes as a case study the Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was released on May 31, 2007. In 1995 Dudley George, a member of the Stoney Point First Nation, was shot by an Ontario Provincial Police offic...
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ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/7368 2023-05-15T16:16:15+02:00 Policing Aboriginal Protests and Confrontations: Some Policy Recommendations Hedican, Edward J. 2012-08-09 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7368 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7368/6012 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7368 Copyright (c) 2012 Edward J. Hedican https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): Special Feature: Economic Development in Indigenous Communities International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): Special Feature: Economic Development in Indigenous Communities 1916-5781 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion review-article 2012 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:42Z This paper discusses the role of police forces in Aboriginal protests and confrontations. It takes as a case study the Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was released on May 31, 2007. In 1995 Dudley George, a member of the Stoney Point First Nation, was shot by an Ontario Provincial Police officer during a protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park. Five recommendations are proposed in this paper to reduce the inherent tensions in such protests, focusing on methods of mediation and conflict resolution. In particular, it is proposed that during such protests a more extensive use be made of Aboriginal persons with training and skills in mediation and negotiations in order to improve communication between police and First Nations protesters. It is also evident that government officials need to become more actively involved in resolving land claims, especially before they become flashpoints for violence, and to remove such disputes from the realm of criminal activity to matters of civil litigation. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Western Libraries OJS International Indigenous Policy Journal 3 2 |
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This paper discusses the role of police forces in Aboriginal protests and confrontations. It takes as a case study the Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was released on May 31, 2007. In 1995 Dudley George, a member of the Stoney Point First Nation, was shot by an Ontario Provincial Police officer during a protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park. Five recommendations are proposed in this paper to reduce the inherent tensions in such protests, focusing on methods of mediation and conflict resolution. In particular, it is proposed that during such protests a more extensive use be made of Aboriginal persons with training and skills in mediation and negotiations in order to improve communication between police and First Nations protesters. It is also evident that government officials need to become more actively involved in resolving land claims, especially before they become flashpoints for violence, and to remove such disputes from the realm of criminal activity to matters of civil litigation. |
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Policing Aboriginal Protests and Confrontations: Some Policy Recommendations |
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Policing Aboriginal Protests and Confrontations: Some Policy Recommendations |
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Policing Aboriginal Protests and Confrontations: Some Policy Recommendations |
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The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): Special Feature: Economic Development in Indigenous Communities International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): Special Feature: Economic Development in Indigenous Communities 1916-5781 |
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