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Arctic Show Trial Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security ARCTIC SHOW TRIAL The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana, 1923 Introduced by Ken Coates and William R. Morrison Documents Compiled by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Kristopher Kinsinger Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security (DCASS) ISSN 2368-4569 Series Editors: P. Whitney Lackenbauer Adam Lajeunesse Managing Editor: Ryan Dean Arctic Show Trial: The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana, 1923 Introduced by Ken Coates and William R. Morrison Documents compiled by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Kristopher Kinsinger DCASS Number #9, 2017 Cover design: Whitney Lackenbauer Cover credits: Glenbow Archives PA-3886-29-1 (front) and PA-3886-29-6 (back). Centre for Military, Security and Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism Strategic Studies St. Jerome’s University University of Calgary 290 Westmount Road N. 2500 University Dr. N.W. Waterloo, ON N2L 3G3 Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Tel: 519.884.8110 ext. 28233 Tel: 403.220.4030 www.sju.ca/cfpf www.cmss.ucalgary.ca Arctic Institute of North America University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, ES-1040 Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Tel: 403-220-7515 http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/ Copyright © the authors/editors, 2017 Permission policies are outlined on our website http://cmss.ucalgary.ca/research/arctic-document-series Arctic Show Trial: The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana, 1923 Introduced by Ken Coates and William R. Morrison Documents compiled and edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Kristopher Kinsinger The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................... viii Introduction “To Make These Tribes Understand”: The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana, by Ken Coates and William R. Morrison ................................................................. ii THE DOCUMENTS .............................................................................................. 1 1. S.T. Wood, Crime Report re Murder of Eskimo Ikialgagina, Ikpukuwak, Hannak, his wife Pugnana and daughter Okolitana and wounding of Eskimo Anaigviak at Kent Peninsula, 29 August 1921 ........................................................... 2 2. S.T. Wood to the Officer Commanding, RCMP, Edmonton, 7 September 1921 ......................................................................................................................... 4 3. Statement by Tatamigana, Interpreted by Cyril Uignik, 13 December 1921 ......... 6 4. Statement by Tatamigana, Interpreted by Cyril Uignik, 13 December 1921 ......... 7 5. Statement by Alikomiak, Interpreted by Cyril Uignik, 13 December 1921 ............ 8 6. Statement by Agnahiak, Interpreted by Sgd Cyril Uignik, 13 December 1921 ......................................................................................................................... 9 7. Supt. G.L. Jennings, Commanding “G” Division, RCMP, to Commissioner, RCMP, Ottawa, 17 December 1921............................................... 10 8. Thomas P. O’Kelly to Fur Trade Commissioner, Hudson’s Bay Company, Winnipeg, 24 December 1921 ................................................................................ 11 9. A. Brabant, Fur Trade Commissioner, to Colonel A.B. Perry, Commissioner, RCMP, 18 January 1922 ................................................................ 13 10. Crime Report Re: Eskimo Tatamigana … Murder, 4 March 1922 .................... 14 11. Crime Report Re: Murder of Eskimo Pugnana, 4 March 1922 .......................... 17 12. Report: Arctic Sub-District for the Six Months Ending 30 June 1922, Royal Canadian Mounted Police ............................................................................. 18 13. Letter, S.T. Wood to James Ritchie, Officer Commanding, RCMP, Edmonton, 9 August 1922 ...................................................................................... 22 14. Letter, Cortland Starnes to E.L. Newcombe, 14 August 1922 ........................... 23 15. Letter, E.L. Newcombe, Deputy Minsiter of Justice, to Cortlandt Starnes, Assistant Commissioner, RCMP, 9 September 1922 ............................................... 25 16. T.L. Cory to Richard Finnie, 12 September 1922 ............................................. 26 ii Arctic Show Trial 17. Memorandum, O.S. Finnie to W.W. Cory, 12 October 1922 ........................... 27 18. Memorandum, Charles Stewart to Sir Lomer Gouin, 12 October 1922 ............. 28 19. Letter, C.C. McCaul to Samuel William Jacobs, 16 October 1922 .................... 29 20. Letter, C.C. McCaul to E.L. Newcombe, 18 October 1922 .............................. 29 21. Letter, C.C. McCaul to Cortlandt Starnes, 18 October 1922 ............................ 30 22. Letter, Cortlandt Starnes to C.C. McCaul, 23 October 1922 ............................ 31 23. Letter, Samuel William Jacobs to Sir Lomer Gouin, 23 October 1922 .............. 32 24. Crime Report Re: Tatamigana Eskimo – Murder, 10 November 1922 .............. 32 25. Crime Report Re: Murder of Eskimos Pugnana by Tatamigana, 10 November 1922 ...................................................................................................... 33 26. Statement of the Eskimos Charged with Murder Now in Custody at Herschel, 13 February 1923 .................................................................................... 34 27. Letter, J.W. Whillips to Aylesworth Bowen Perry, 22 March 1923 .................... 35 28. Secret Memorandum, Cortlandt Starnes to the Officer Commanding, RCMP, Lethbridge, 23 March 1923 ....................................................................... 36 29. Statement of the Accused: Alicomiak, 14 April 1923 ......................................... 37 30. Letter, Superintendent G.L. Jennings, Commanding “G” Division, RCMP, to Cortlandt Starnes, 19 April 1923 ........................................................... 40 31. Confidential Letter, Superintendent G.L. Jennings, Commanding “G” Division, RCMP, Edmonton, to Cortlandt Starnes, 19 April 1923 ......................... 41 32. Letter, Cortlandt Starnes to E.L. Newcombe, Deputy Minister of Justice, 25 April 1923 ......................................................................................................... 43 33. Statement of the Accused: Tatamigana, 24 April 1923 ...................................... 44 34. Letter, D.H. Woolams to the Officer Commanding, Arctic Sub-District, RCMP, 8 May 1923 ............................................................................................... 46 35. Letter, E.L. Newcombe to Lucien Dubuc, 11 May 1923 ................................... 49 36. Memorandum, Albert J. Cawdron to the Officer Commanding, RCMP, Montreal, 16 May 1923 .......................................................................................... 50 37. Letter, E.L. Newcombe to T.L. Cory, 16 May 1923 .......................................... 51 38. Letter, E.L. Newcombe to I.B. Howatt, 16 May 1923 ....................................... 52 39. Personal Letter, Lucien Dubuc to the Commissioner, RCMP, 22 May 1923 ....................................................................................................................... 53 iii The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana 40. Inspector W.P. Lindsay, Commanding Northern Alberta District, to Commissioner, RCMP, Ottawa, 22 May 1923 ....................................................... 54 41. Letter, G.S. Worsley to the Officer Commanding, RCMP, Edmonton, 31 May 1923 ............................................................................................................... 56 42. Letter, Cortlandt Starnes to O.S. Finnie, Director of the NWT & Yukon, 31 May 1923 .......................................................................................................... 57 43. Letter, Cortlandt Starnes to James Ritchie, Officer Commanding, RCMP, Edmonton, 1 June 1923 ......................................................................................... 58 44. Letter, S.T. Wood to the Officer Commanding, RCMP, Edmonton, 5 July 1923 ................................................................................................................ 59 45. Transcription - King vs Alikomiak Re: Murder of Pugnana, 17 July 1923 ......... 60 46. Transcription - King vs Tatamigana Re: Murder of Pugnana, 17 July 1923 ....... 69 47. Transcription - King vs Alikomiak Re: Murder of Otto Binder and Corporal Doak, 18 July 1923 .................................................................................. 79 48. Letter, S.T. Wood to the Officer Commanding, RCMP, Edmonton, 20 July 1923 .............................................................................................................. 107 49. Letter, S.T. Wood to the Officer Commanding, RCMP, Edmonton, 20 July 1923 .............................................................................................................. 108 50. G.S. Worsley, Assistant Commissioner, RCMP, to O.S. Finnie, Director of the NWT, 26 July 1923 .................................................................................... 109 51. Letter, S.T. Wood to Lucien Dubuc, 10 August 1923 ..................................... 110 52. Inspector S.T. Wood to Commissioner, RCMP, Crime Report Re: Tatamigana – Shooting with Intent to Kill Hannak, Murder of Hannak, Ikialgagina, Pugnana, Ikpukuwak and Okolitana, 13 August 1923 ........................ 110 53. Inspector S.T. Wood to Commissioner, RCMP, Crime Report Re: Tatamigana – Murder of Pugnana, 13 August 1923 .............................................
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