Episode 256: Colten Boushie was a 22-year-old Indigenous man from the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, who was shot and killed on a farm near Biggar, Saskatchewan, on August 9, 2016. His death received widespread attention and led to a national conversation in Canada about systemic racism and the treatment of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system. The trial and acquittal of the farmer who was charged with Boushie’s death, a man named Gerald Stanley, also sparked controversy and led to calls for reforms in the Canadian justice system.
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Red Pheasant Cree Nation – A prospering Nation)
2017 SKQB 366 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII)
2017 SKQB 367 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII)
2018 SKQB 27 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII)
Colten’s friend Eric talking about the shooting | Twitter)
Victim, friends needed help with flat tire before farmyard shooting: witness | 650 CKOM)
DocumentCloud | FSIN Media Release)
The night Colten Boushie died | The Globe and Mail)
CRCC Final Report on the Death of Colten Boushie)
Colten Boushie, Gerald Stanley and a case that’s hard to defend | The Star)
Read ‘The Rodney King of Western Canada’: Killing of Indigenous Man Heads to Trial Online)
Who was Colten Boushie? | CBC News)
Colten Boushie Archives - APTN News)
‘White Lives Matter’ signs show up in North Battleford Saskatchewan)
Debbie Baptiste | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis)
Brad Wall - Racism has no place in Saskatchewan. | Facebook)
We Will Stand Up | CBC Docs POV |YouTube)
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