Images of Justice

Dorothy Harley Eber is the author of Pitseolak: Pictures Out of My Life, When the Whalers Were Up North: Inuit Memories from the Eastern Arctic and, with Peter Pitseolak, People from Our Side: A Life Story With Photographs and Oral Biography. She lives in

• Acknowledgments ixPreface to the 2008 Edition xiMap xviiPrologue 3The NWT Supreme Court and Its History 9Regina v. Kaotak, 1956 41Regina v. Angulalik, 1957 47Regina v. Kikkik, 1958 57Regina v. Pitseolak,.1959 77Regina v. Kogogolak, 1959 83Regina v. Ayalik, 1960 93Re Noah's Estate, 1961 101 .Re Katie's Adoption, 1961 109Regina v. Sikyea, 1962 117Regina v. Mingeriak, 1963 125Regina v. Amak, Avinga, and Nangmalik, 1963 131Regina v. Shooyookand Aiyoot, 1966 137Regina v. Jeffrey, 1967 153Regin~ v. .Tootalik, 1969-70 159CURRENT TIMESInterpreting the Law: Regina v. Niviaqsi Laisa, 1991 167In Nunavut: Okalik for the Defence 185Epilogue: The Yellowknife Courthouse Collection 'Of Inuit Sculpture 191Notes 203Sources 213Index,'" 417

"Images of Justice provides a remarkable portrait of crime and punishment on the frontier of the Canadian justice system." Journal of Canadian Studies "Images of Justice is a brilliant statement on the legal history of the Northwest Territories that also reveals in a sympathetic way the pragmatic customary law of the Inuit. This is a major contribution to Canadian history." John Matthiason, University of Manitoba