{"product_id":"9781487502560","title":"The Wetiko Legal Principles: Cree and Anishinabek Responses to Violence and Victimization","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Algonquian folklore, the \u003ci\u003ewetiko\u003c\/i\u003e is a cannibal monster or spirit that possesses a person, rendering them monstrous. In \u003ci\u003eThe Wetiko\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLegal Principles\u003c\/i\u003e, Hadley Friedland explores how the concept of a \u003ci\u003ewetiko\u003c\/i\u003e can be used to address the unspeakable happenings that endanger the lives of many Indigenous children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriedland critically analyses Cree and Anishinabek stories and oral histories alongside current academic and legal literature to find solutions to the frightening rates of intimate violence and child victimization in Indigenous communities. She applies common-law legal analysis to these Indigenous stories and creates a framework for analysing stories in terms of the legal principles that they contain. The author reveals similarities in thinking and theorizing around the dynamics of \u003ci\u003ewetikos\u003c\/i\u003e and offenders in cases of child sexual victimization. Friedland’s respectful, strength-based, trauma-informed approach builds on the work of John Borrows and is the first to argue for a legal category derived from Indigenous legal traditions. \u003ci\u003eThe Wetiko Legal Principles \u003c\/i\u003eprovides much needed direction for effectively applying Indigenous legal principles to contemporary social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055765962992,"sku":"9781487502560","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781487502560_p0.jpg?v=1763636446","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781487502560","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}