Aboriginal people experience all sorts of detriments including crime, high rates of victimization, and incarnation. In addition, the majority of Aboriginal people struggle with superior bodies such as the Canadian state to reinstate self-government and self-determination. The weighty part of their grievances is the fact that Aboriginal people are extremely poor but they extorted money. The aim of the Aboriginal Justice is mainly to address these appalling issues by working with Aboriginal communities, territories, and provinces to support projects and products such as community based programs that aim at providing a better option and an alternative to the mainstream system for lesser offences and non-violent property in better circumstances. Seemingly, these programs create a platform where Aboriginal people assume more privileges and greater responsibility for the strength and administration of justice. Notably, it is through the Aboriginal Justice that the Government proposes to progress with its project to invest. Notably, in an effort to address victimization, rates of crime and incarceration among people of Aboriginal (Borrows, 2010, p. 52).
It is evident that the Canadian justice system has failed miserably in representing its people. The current flawed justice system has been inaccessible and insensitive with numerous inconsiderate acts such as arresting and imprisoning Aboriginal people. It is likely that Aboriginal people who are arrested are much likely to spend very little time with their lawyers, be denied bail, and are likely to be incarcerated if they are convicted. Aside failing Aboriginal people, the justice system has without doubt denied them justice. As a result, powerlessness and poverty have been a daily routine for the people. Therefore the relationship between the Canadian criminal justice system and Aboriginal people is broken. Persons eligible for various programs such as community-based fund, and capacity-building fund are provincial and territory governments, first nations, tribal councils, bands, and national Aboriginal organizations. The presence of the common man is not recognized.
Ideally, the goal of Aboriginal justice is to heal the victim and the offender in order to restore harmony, justice and peace to the society. Therefore, the main objective of the Aboriginal justice is to center on coherent and justified ways that will accustom and bring real change to the communities. To start with, Aboriginal justice starts by understanding all relationships that are contained in the universe. The Aboriginal justice is a spiritual and ecological vision of justice that lives in the ceremonies, traditions and stories of particular distinct groups. One of the primary pillars of this system is spirituality. It is clear that Aboriginal people have for long been discriminated. However, with Aboriginal justice, a communal sense of justice is felt and not accepted as a system of losers and winners. Instead, it is perceived as healing system. Actually, we could say that it is a communal sense of justice that follows a legit system of administration. Unlike the Canadian justice system, the Aboriginal system does not shy away from holding people responsible for offences they have done. Instead it views such an act positively from a different angle so as to correct and strengthen the person (Borrows, 2010, p. 72).
There are times when an Aboriginal community gathers to seek justice. During these times, it seeks holistic methods of addressing harm in a conclusive way. Notably, in this system, the key part is speaking the truth, which means that the root cause of the situation must be found. Subsequently, instead of using head-thinking more, Aboriginal justice uses heart-thinking. It has realized that emotions are the essential part of healing justice. In this system, values of justice include strengthening communities and families, dealing with each other in coherent ways, respect and returning to traditional teachings. Primarily, these values are acquired through practicing and experiencing them. Therefore, the methods of justice in Aboriginal illustrate virtues of justice which include; love, engaging community and family, and respect. The paradigms and goals of Aboriginal are much different from the Canadian justice system. In fact, they contrast them. The main intent of the Aboriginal system is to repair and not to punish offenders. Notably, it is more of a system that challenges stiff models of justice by rooting a central role for offenders, victims, and communities. Unlike the criminal justice system, the Aboriginal creates cohesiveness and corrects evil, instead of crucifying the offender.
The importance of the Royal Proclamation in establishing aboriginal rights is to govern the cession of Aboriginal land in Canada. It undermined tribal sovereignty in order to create a communal system in the region that recognized and upheld rules and law. As the most important symbol of the Aboriginal system, the Royal Proclamation was a symbolic step towards recognizing the title and rights of the Aboriginal. Essentially, it set a strong foundation for the process of establishing treaties. The aim of the Aboriginal Justice is mainly to address these appalling issues by working with Aboriginal communities, territories, and provinces to support projects and products such as community based programs that aim at providing a better option and an alternative to the mainstream system for lesser offences and non-violent property in better circumstances (Borrows, 2010, p. 122). Aboriginal justice system teaches and enforces culture based on morals and values. It views crime as a misbehavior whose solution is found in healing and teaching the wrong-doers. Its community council is a special forum where cases are listened to. This program is premised on special terms such as the practice of diversion.
Conclusively, the goal of Aboriginal justice is to heal the victim and the offender in order to restore harmony, justice and peace to the society. Therefore, the main objective of the Aboriginal justice is to center on coherent and justified ways that will accustom and bring real change to the communities. In this system, the key part is speaking the truth, which means that the root cause of the situation must be found. Subsequently, instead of using head-thinking more, Aboriginal justice uses heart-thinking. It has realized that emotions are the essential part of healing justice. The Aboriginal justice is a spiritual and ecological vision of justice that lives in the ceremonies, traditions and stories of particular distinct groups. One of the primary pillars of this system is spirituality. It is clear that Aboriginal people have for long been discriminated.
References
Borrows, J. (2010). Canada's indigenous constitution. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
