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Killing of Colten Boushie
shooting in Saskatchewan, Canada
Colten Boushie (October 31, – August 9, ) was a year-old Indigenous man of the CreeRed Pheasant First Nation who was fatally shot on a rural Saskatchewan farm by its owner, Gerald Stanley. Stanley stood trial for second-degree murder and for a lesser charge of manslaughter, but was ultimately acquitted in February [1]
Boushie was a resident of the CreeRed Pheasant First Nation. After getting a flat tire, he and four friends drove to a farmhouse near Biggar, Saskatchewan, owned by Stanley. They had been drinking and had earlier tried to break in to a truck at another farm. One of the group tried to steal an ATV on the property while Stanley and his son were outside. Stanley's son ran to the vehicle and used a hammer to smash the windshield. The people in the SUV attempted to take off and crashed their vehicle into one of Stanley's cars. Stanley reacted by going into his home, returning with a TT (Tokarev) handgun, and firing two shots into the air. Two of the individuals in the SUV fled on foot, while Boushie moved to the front seat. Stanley then approached the SUV – with Boushie in the driver's seat – when the gun discharged. Boushie was shot in the neck just below the ear and died instantly. Stanley'
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By Laura Mushumanski
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Tasha Hubbard's documentary receives Vancouver Film Critics Circle award
University of Alberta Professor Tasha Hubbard's film, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, has been named the best Canadian documentary of by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC). The award, noted in POV Magazine as "one of many in its impressive run since debuting at Hot Docs last April," was presented at the VFCC gala event on January 6th. Globe and Mail film critic Barry Hertz identified the film as one of the ten best Canadian films of Hertz writes:
What starts off as a detailed look into the Saskatchewan farmland killing of Colten Boushie - and the outcry that resulted after Gerald Stanley was acquitted of second-degree murder in the year-old Cree man's death - turns into an intimate portrait of generations-long grief. As a work depicting both a specific moment in time and a wide-ranging history of trauma suffered by Canada's Indigenous people, We Will Stand Up is necessary, essential, riveting viewing.
The Globe notes that the film will have its television premiere on February 23 at 9 pm on CBC. Professor Hubbard is cross-appointed between the Faculty of Native Studies and the Department of English and Film Studies in the Faculty of Arts.