a lot of hearsay, whining, and paranoia. I see he screwed up 2 marriages and by 2005 the ndn's didn't even want him on their side.
The 'two founding races', the 'four founding churches', and our place in Canada
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a lot of hearsay, whining, and paranoia. I see he screwed up 2 marriages and by 2005 the ndn's didn't even want him on their side.
What a joke.... No form of any intelligent rebuttal so all that's left is to accuse me being a Nazi and Holocaust denier.
You really are a loser
Then forget him.
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Heck, Gerryh, you can even hear Harper's voice agreeing with me on this one, bearing in mind of course that there has been no follow up since his apology, but still.
Oh? He's no longer good enough for you to hang your hat on? Did you not properly vet him before deciding to use him as your example?
That's right, he has done NOTHING since the apology. It was hollow, meant nothing. It was done in hopes of shutting the complainers up and that was all.
I'm speaking of the U.S., not Canada. I have no say in how you solve your problems, nor want any. Just friendly interest and good wishes.
Speaking for myself alone, and not for any nation, tribe, band, or organisation, what it will take is full legal equality and non-discrimination.
Including no "favourable" discrimination.
We were horribly abused. Tough ****. Many have been. We were slaughtered in our millions. Tough ****. Many have been. Our cultures and ways were overwhelmed and debased. Tough ****. Many have been.
The "sovereign" reservations, the special programs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, the Indian Gaming Act, &c. all serve only to set us apart. Most programs are ridiculously underfunded, and eligibility for them excludes us from eligibility for equivalent programs for Shemanese that are much better funded.
Do away with the reservations. Break 'em up and allocate the land, once and for all. Do away with all Indian programs. Do away with the sick dependency of Indians on the charity of the Shemanese.
Then we will either die off, or get a grip, get education, get jobs, build wealth and power. Then, if we want, we can take over a county and pass Indian-friendly county ordinances (within the confines of state law). Maybe we can even take over a state and pass Indian-friendly state laws (within the confines of the Constitution and Federal laws). Then we'll be Indian because we choose to be, not because the Shemanese have decided (again!) "what's good for us."
What I have said in the past is, buy out ALL the treaties. Those that have not been settled, lump sum payment. No more payments till the sun stops rising.
For those that want to be/stay independent nations and not join Canada, fine, but when they fail Canada has the option of taking over.... we hold the "option" on the land.
For those that want to be/stay independent nations and not join Canada, fine, but when they fail Canada has the option of taking over.... we hold the "option" on the land.
Easier said than done. Normally to buy out a contract, both parties have to agree to it. What you're suggesting is the same attitude as those who founded the residential schools: we'll decide the amount and the terms and conditions and they'll take it or else. Amen.
Like I said, I know, you prefer the status quo where they are kept down....... keep em down and dirty on the reserve.
Not at all. If they want to be bought out, they would have made an offer long ago, and had they made an offer, I'd say accept it. However, if you read the document titled Citizens Plus (aka the Red Paper), published in 1969 by the Indian Association of Alberta (predecessor of the Assembly of Frist Nations) in response to the Chretien White Paper at the height of the residential school era, you'll see that they do not want forced assimilation. They want us to respect the treaties we'd signed in good faith. You know though, if we did offer a new constitution based on just relations between our nations, they probably would happily accept integration, bearing in mind it would involve integration into a new Canada into which we'd all have to integrate into since it would no longer be based on stuff like this:
'We should point out here that the Commission will not examine cultures the question of the Indians and the Eskimos . Our terms of reference contain no allusion to Canada's native populations. They speak of "two founding races," namely Canadians of British and French origin, and "other ethnic groups," but mention neither the Indians nor the Eskimos. Since it is obvious that these two groups do not form part of the "founding races," as the phrase is used in the terms of reference, it would logically be necessary to include them under the heading "other ethnic groups ." Yet it is clear that the term "other ethnic groups" means those peoples of diverse origins who came to Canada during or after the founding of the Canadian state and that it does not include the first inhabitants of this country.'
Of course he does.. The Machjo's of the world absolutely rely on pretending that they are the White Knight riding to the rescue of some damsel in distress.
It's entirely outside his cognitive abilities that these peoples have any self-worth, perseverance or capability of their own.
You fool!.. Read the agreement(s). They are crappy, but are agreements/contracts all the same.
Careful what you wish for.. You'll find that your pie-in-the-sky ideals don't hold up to reality
Of course there aren't many, if any, because our laws are stacked in our favour. Therefore those who assimilate benefit, those who wish to maintain their traditions suffer. It's a kind of blackmail, essentially.
Knowingly tainted blankets being given as gifts didn't help either.