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NWT names first Aboriginal woman to Supreme Court bench

By Mark Blackburn
Jan 16, 2012

The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories has just appointed, for the first time in its history, an Aboriginal woman to the bench.

APTN National News
The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories has just appointed, for the first time in its history, an Aboriginal woman to the bench.

APTN National News reporter Curtis Mandeville spoke with the newly appointed Justice Shannon Smallwood to talk to her historic ascension.

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