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A Healing Circle in the Innu Community of Sheshashit

Newfoundland Supreme Court - Trial Division.
June 4, 2015

Source: (1997) Justice as Healing 2 (Spring 1997).

This is the report, attached to a sentencing decision, of a healing circle in a Native community in Canada in response to an assault case. The offender was non-Native, and the victim was Native (Innu). The report details the participants (including the offender and the victim), the principles, the process, and the outcomes of the healing circle for the participants.

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