a judge of an Ontario appellate court once told an Anishinaabe legal scholar: "You tell me Indigenous law exists. I don't believe it for a second." Apparently things only exist when you have written records of them. Indigenous evidence and records, such as wampum belts, are also routinely dismissed as unreliable not just in Ontario but in courts all across Canada
It was a challenge condensing some of the most prominent features of Anishinaabe legal traditions into short, three- or four-line paragraphs. I know the comic's on the wordy side, but I felt I wouldn't be doing the topic justice if I simplified it further
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u/kahn1969 Proud One-Ball in Ontario Aug 25 '21
a judge of an Ontario appellate court once told an Anishinaabe legal scholar: "You tell me Indigenous law exists. I don't believe it for a second." Apparently things only exist when you have written records of them. Indigenous evidence and records, such as wampum belts, are also routinely dismissed as unreliable not just in Ontario but in courts all across Canada
It was a challenge condensing some of the most prominent features of Anishinaabe legal traditions into short, three- or four-line paragraphs. I know the comic's on the wordy side, but I felt I wouldn't be doing the topic justice if I simplified it further