{"id":191981,"date":"2018-02-20T21:20:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irpp-policy-options.local\/issues\/gerald-stanley-castle-narrative\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T04:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T08:34:08","slug":"gerald-stanley-castle-narrative","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/2018\/02\/gerald-stanley-castle-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerald Stanley and the castle narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A complex narrative has emerged in defence of Gerald Stanley, who was recently acquitted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Colten Boushie, a 22 year-old Cree man, in Saskatchewan. According to this narrative, the incident had nothing to do with race, but was rather a matter of a farmer protecting his land and family \u2013 defending \u00ab\u00a0his castle.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Gina Starblanket joined the podcast to explain how this perspective is intimately tied to the history of displacement and settlement on the Prairies, and throughout Canada. Starblanket is a professor in the native studies and women\u2019s and gender studies departments at the University of Manitoba. She is Cree\/Saulteaux and a member of the Star Blanket Cree Nation in Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>Read Gina Starblanket\u2019s op-ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/how-the-death-of-colten-boushie-became-recast-as-the-story-of-a-knight-protecting-his-castle\/article37958746\/?cmpid=rss1&amp;click=sf_globefb&amp;utm_source=Faecbook&amp;utm_medium=Paid%20Social&amp;utm_campaign=PM2018\">\u00ab\u00a0How the death of Colten Boushie became recast as the story of a knight protecting his castle.\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the <em>Policy Options<\/em> article <a href=\"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/magazines\/february-2018\/the-real-justice-denied-to-colten-boushie\/\">\u201cThe real \u2018justice\u2019 denied to Boushie.\u201c<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-caption\">Photo: Archives Canada<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A complex narrative has emerged in defence of Gerald Stanley, who was recently acquitted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Colten Boushie, a 22 year-old Cree man, in Saskatchewan. 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