The manila envelope on Prue Hemelrijk’s desk contains a manuscript, a landscape of computer ink on a cloudy white background When she’s finished it will be transformed into a colorful tableau, highlighted by fluorescent markers, jagged underlining, tick marks and a collage of neatly handwritten names and numbers, all contained in the one-and-a-half- inch border… Continue reading ”Just the Facts, Ma’am”
Series: Spring 1990
Manitoba’s Native Justice Inquiry
On November 13, 1971, the nude and mangled body of a 19-year-old high school student, treaty Indian 848, lay dumped in the snow-covered bush near a lake north of The Pas, Manitoba. Fifty-six puncture wounds from a flat lathed screwdriver slashed the body. A blow from a boot had crushed the skull beyond recognition. The… Continue reading Manitoba’s Native Justice Inquiry