Cornell historian testifies in landmark Indigenous rights case
December 21, 2023
December 21, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Informed by expert testimony from Jon Parmenter on the history of treaties between Indigenous nations and the British Crown, the Quebec Superior Court recently stayed federal charges against two Mohawk men - touching off what some Canadian legal experts called "an earthquake in Indigenous rights jurisprudence."
Jon Parmenter
In 2016, Derek White and Hunter Montour were char . . .
Informed by expert testimony from Jon Parmenter on the history of treaties between Indigenous nations and the British Crown, the Quebec Superior Court recently stayed federal charges against two Mohawk men - touching off what some Canadian legal experts called "an earthquake in Indigenous rights jurisprudence."
Jon Parmenter
In 2016, Derek White and Hunter Montour were char . . .