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The overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the justice system reproduces false racist narratives of their criminality that inform counsel. Additionally, cultural and language barriers may exist between Indigenous persons and their duty counsel further impeding their access to effective representation.
Throughout Canada, a number of courts have been created that deal specifically with these forms of justice. These courts divert matters from the traditional criminal justice system within Canada. They are variously known as Indigenous courts, First Nations courts, Gladue courts, [25] [26] or Aboriginal courts. [27] [28]
In 2015, Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin said that Canada's historical treatment of Indigenous peoples was "cultural genocide". [170] In October 2022, the House of Commons unanimously passed a motion to have the Canadian government officially recognize the residential school system as genocide against Indigenous populations.
Settler colonialism in Canada refers to the process and effects of colonization on the Indigenous peoples of Canada. As colonization progressed, Indigenous peoples were subject to policies of forced assimilation and cultural genocide. Governments in Canada in many cases ignored or chose to deny the aboriginal title of First Nations.
Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at addressing what the justice minister called a "shameful" over-representation of Black and indigenous people in the criminal ...
The Canadian government has gradually favoured "indigenization" of the system. Kahnawake used section 107 of the Indian Act to nominate community members as justices of the peace, and in 1974 Justice Sharron was appointed as the first justice of the peace at the reserve. Many of the cases have dealt with traffic and parking violations, but her ...
Indigenization is seen by some as less of a process of naturalization and more of a process of culturally relevant social work. Indigenization was not the standard, but it was a way to accustom others to a surrounding point of view but also to help understand where the people came from and their heritage. [7]
Indigenism involves the emphasis of certain aspects of history, for example the identification of one of multiple sources of ancestry for a "people". [citation needed] Examples are W. E. B. Du Bois's black nationalism, or nativist arguments in the United States that mestizo people are more indigenous to the United States land than European ...