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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