Topic 5
What does it say?
1: "He once told an addictions counsellor that his most meaningful religious beliefs were the traditional Native ones.
"I don't feel so alone when I offer up a token to the Indians' god," he said in 1992." pg. 50
2: "...it was the death of her younger sister that solidified her conviction that Native people are consider inferior in Canadian society." pg. 75
What does it mean?
Quote one make me think because he enjoyed First Nations culture, that is the reason he had targeted Native women. Maybe being with a First Nation women made him feel less lonely. As for the killings it seemed his first two were not on prepose but later it became something he just did with no remorse. With serial killer pick there victims based on a certain aspect it could be something as simple as the way the victim where their hair. In this case it was a racal factor.
Quote two shows the reason why the book is call Just Another Indian, it is a constant theme in the book that the death or a missing First Nations women isn't that big of a deal so it is not on the media or else where. It is mostly swept under the radar of the people.
Why does it matter?
These two quote might have a link of why Crawford did what he did, he felt a link to First Nation culture and felt like he wasn't alone when taking part in it, this was probably the main reason why he targeted First Nations women. The when he started to kill them he didn't think it matter because it seem like no one cares that they are gone so he kept on doing it with no care of ever getting caught.
So far in this book there is a racal barrier/ factors, the media didn't report on what happen to these girls, there was actually very little media coverage at all, although the police try to find the killer at a fairly fast rate really compared to some crime they found their man very quickly. Did what happen matter or did it not really this book really gives both sides of the view but i have to say these First Nation women's death didn't see to matter, if it would have been "White" women there would have been more coverage.
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