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  1. CDNBear

    What's in a name?

    Who is God? Is he not the same as Allah? Is the Great Spirit not the same? The Torah is, the Quran, is the Bible, is the Creation story of the Haudenosaunee and many other Nations(sorry for the Native spin, to those of you that object, but it is a part of my culture and religion). I...
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    A Soldier's Account of the Campaign on Quebec, 1759

    A Soldier's Account of the Campaign on Quebec, 1759 Edited by Robert Henderson Written by the Sergeant Major of the 40th Regiment’s Grenadiers (part of the Louisbourg Grenadiers), A Journal of the Expedition up the River St. Lawrence was published as a pamphlet in Boston in November 1759. Not...
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone American Pioneer and Trailblazer 1734 - 1820 I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. —Daniel Boone Daniel Boone was born November 2, 1734 in a log cabin in Berks County, near present-day Reading, Pennsylvania. Boone is one of the most...
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    Ottawa Chief Pontiac, first class Native General

    Ottawa Chief Pontiac 1712-1769 Photo: Courtesy of the Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian Pontiac, born on the Maumee River, was the son of an Ottawa father and an Ojibway mother. By 1775 he had become a chief with great power of organization. He traveled widely urging the...
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    The long trip to Native rights justice

    Appeal court quashes native land claim Last Updated: Friday, November 13, 1998 | 11:21 PM ET New Brunswick natives say they'll move on to the Supreme Court in their fight for control of the province's forests. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that aboriginal people don't have...
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    Canadian Cultural Exchange

    After selfactivated shared a couple pictures with me, I though perhaps we could all share a pictures of our culture. The culture that identifies us as the Canadians we see ourselves as. An exchange of our cultures, to better get to know one another. This was a gift from a Haida elder I met...
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    Torn in two.

    I wasn't sure as to where to put this post, but I settled on culture. As I thought of how many must feel torn between their loyalties and beliefs, under the multicultural ideals of our great nation. As may of you know, I have campaigned for great self accountablity among my fellow Natives, as...
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    Quebec and the Feds take the Natives treaties seriously

    Ya right. Only as they wipe their collective asses with them. Paper cuts hurt. Support the Mohawks of Kanesatake - Stop Niocan! Wednesday February 27, 2002 11:01 AM On February 14, 2002, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake passed a resolution to protect their traditional territory from a...
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    Mohawks Of Kanehsatake Proved Right!

    MOHAWKS OF KANEHSATAKE PROVED RIGHT!JAMES GABRIEL, INDIAN AFFAIRS AND QUEBEC GANSTAS' CAUGHT RED-HANDED MNN. Dec. 11, 2006. The headline is "Mohawk Cops Lose Arsenal". The real story is "Indian Affairs and police caught in corruption". The auditor, Samson & Associates, found that at least $6...
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    "Mysterious Disappearance" Of The Iroquois People.

    "Mysterious Disappearance" Of The Iroquois People. author: indian behind a tree Colonial Canada announces disappearance of Iroquois People. On November 7, 2006, the Iroquois learned that there was a new exhibit on display at the Calliere Museum in Montreal, Quebec, and decided to go and look...
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    The Creator's Game

    "Creator's game" by Kanatiiosh 2001© Lacrosse is more than just a game to the Iroquois people (the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora), for it is a spiritual tradition that is woven into the fabric of our heritage. As Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of Onondaga, says, lacrosse is...
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    If Quebec is indivisable, then by their rhetoric, so is Canada?

    How can Quebec support the double standard that a soveriegn Quebec could/should/would not be divisable? IE; Native territories and Natives that overwhelmingly wish to stay within the Nation of Canada. "There is no way that any Quebecker would accept that a square inch of that territory be...
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    Boycotting Israel:The hypocrisies of petty narcissisms

    by Beryl Wajsman, Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal Tuesday, January 10, 2006 "A society begins to die when it remains silent on injustice" ~ The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. So, some of the great "progressive" forces of Quebec have decided to boycott Israeli products and companies...
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    Parti Québecois enacts Bill 101, restricting access to an education in English

    http://www.wier.ca/~%20daniel_schugurensky/assignment1/1977bill101.html
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    FAQ's on Canada's official languages

    http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/faq.asp?Lang=English
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    Quebec as a Nation=Quebec as a Nazi regime

    Quebec's referendum: acid test for the left. Break the grip of national chauvinism - independence for Quebec! Workers Vanguard, 3 November 1995 On October 30, the population of Quebec voted narrowly against secession from Canada in a referendum organized by the separatist Parti Québecois (PQ)...
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    Native news that missed the "Headlines"

    Oh, Canada... by Jeff Elliott Both the United States and Canada try desperately to ignore the problem Think of some of the most significant news in the past few years: the beating of Rodney King and the events at Waco would certainly be among the top ten. Now imagine these events...
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    The Great Peace of 1701

    Volume LX, Number 1 William and Mary Quarterly Reviews of Books © 2003, by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century. By GILLES HAVARD. Translated by PHYLLIS ARONOFF and HOWARD SCOTT...
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    The annual Cycle of Thanksgiving

    After Sonkwaiatison left the earth and returned to the Sky World, the people began to express their thankfulness for the Creation. With the annual cycle established by the changing seasons, the growing of crops and the ritual order brought forth by the 12th boy, the Ongwehonweh began to...
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    The Symbols of the Haudenosaunee

    There are several artistic and cultural symbols that transcend the generations, and are used by each succeeding generation of Haudenosaunee artists. These symbols come for the oral history of the people. Events and knowledge of the past has been shaped into visual symbols in order to covey the...