[NEWS] Four First Nations links: Colten Boushie, Poundmaker, Ullivik, statues

[rfmcdonald]

• The fact that a jury--carefully selected to have no jurors of First Nations background--found the killer of Cree man Colten Boushie innocent is a horror. The Toronto Star < a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/02/09/hanging-over-my-familys-head-colten-boushies-family-await-verdict-in-gerald-stanley-trial.html">reports.


• MacLean's takes a look at the reasons for Cree sensitivities regarding the inclusion of Chief Poundmaker as a character in the new iteration of Civilization.


• The Inuit of the northern Québec region of Nunavik, when sent south to Montréal for medical treatment, have an enclave in the city, the building of Ullivik. The Toronto Star reports.


• This opinion piece in The Globe and Mail makes an excellent case for the removal of the statue of General Cornwallis from Halifax. Societies evolve; statues, alas, cannot.