Insurance as an aboriginal issue.

• Author: Mitchell, Teresa
• Position: Bench press - R. v. Yellow Horn 2004 ABPC 27 - Brief Article

Bella Yellow Horn was charged under the Alberta Motor Vehicle Administration Act with driving an unregistered vehicle and driving an uninsured vehicle. She claimed that as a member of the Independent Sovereign Blackfoot Nation, she was not a Canadian and did not recognize Canadian law. Judge R. Jacobsen of the Alberta Provincial Court issued a thorough judgment that looked at issues of constitutional and aboriginal treaty law as well as human rights and social justice issues. He concluded "The defence has not proved a 'prima facie infringement' based on actual or even an apprehension of 'bias, partiality, unfair procedure, subconscious racial profiling...