Reconciling Crown and Indigenous Legal Orders: The Reciprocal Benefits of Reserving an Indigenous Seat on the Supreme Court of Canada

• Author: Kayla Cheeke
• Position: Is a second-year JD student at the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
• Pages: 97-105

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ARTICLE

RECONCILING CROWN AND INDIGENOUS

LEGAL ORDERS: THE RECIPROCAL BENEFITS

OF RESERVING AN INDIGENOUS SEAT ON

THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

Kayla Cheeke*

CITED: (2017) 22 Appeal 97

I. PROLOGUE STORY .............................................98

INTRODUCTION..................................................98

II. RECONCILIING INDIGENOUS AND CROWN LEGAL ORDERS

AT THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA..........................101

CONCLUSION ...................................................105

III. EPILOGUE STORY  THIS IS MY VISION..........................105

* Kayla Cheeke is a second -year JD student at the Universit y of Victoria, Faculty of Law. She grew

up on WS'ANEC' (Saanich), Lkwungen (Songhees), Wyomilth (E squimalt) territory in what is now

often referred to as Vi ctoria and is primarily of English, Fren ch, Scottish, and Danish descent. She

has always been told by her moth er that her great-great-grandmothe r was Coast Salish and she is

in the process of learning mor e about the which Coast Salish Nation he r great-great-grandmother

was from. Kayla prepare d the initial version of this paper for h er Constitutional Law Process course

oered during the Spring of 2016. Her sincere gr atitude goes out to Professor Patricia Co chran for

the excellent class and the essay assi gnment which inspired her to write this pa per.