Judgement at Stoney
Creek is an aboriginal studies classic: an engrossing look at the
investigation into the 1976 hit-and-run death of Coreen Thomas, a young Native
woman in her ninth month of pregnancy, at the wheels of a car driven by a young
white man in central British Columbia. The resulting inquest into what might
have been just another small-town tragedy turned into an inquiry of racial
tensions, both implicit and explicit, that surfaced not only on country
backroads but in the courtroom as well, revealing a dual system of justice that
treated whites and aboriginals differently. First published in 1990, the
revised edition includes an updated preface by the author.
Written by
Bridget Moran. Published by Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998. |
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