Trudeau to exonerate Tsilhqot’in warriors hanged in 1860s

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Trudeau to exonerate Tsilhqot’in warriors hanged in 1860s
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March 24, 2018
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March 24, 2018 11:19 AM EDT
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Trudeau to exonerate Tsilhqot’in warriors hanged in 1860s
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises to vote during a marathon voting session in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, March 23, 2018.Justin Tang / THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to formally exonerate six First Nations war chiefs more than 150 years after they were hanged by British Columbia’s colonial government following a deadly confrontation with a crew of white road builders.
On Monday, Trudeau will absolve the Tsilhqot’in of guilt “in any way, shape or form” related to the killing of 14 construction workers in 1864, said Chief Joe Alphonse in a video posted on the Tsilhqot’in National Government’s Facebook page.
“The Chilcotin War is what defines us,” Alphonse said.
“If you come into Tsilhqot’in territory you had to have Tsilhqot’in permission. And when the Waddington road-building crew came in, they didn’t get that permission. And when they took our women, abused our women, we declared war on them.”
After the workers were killed, five chiefs arrived at what they believed would be peace talks with government representatives, where they were arrested, tried and hanged. A sixth chief was executed the following year in New Westminster.
“They were tricked into being convicted — wrongly convicted — for murder,” Peyal Francis Laceese, a youth ambassador with the Tsilhqot’in National Government, said in the video.
“This is where they were hung,” he added, walking over snow-covered ground outside Quesnel in B.C.’s Interior.
“One-hundred-fifty-four years ago and I still feel their spirit. I still hear those songs. I still speak their language.”
The Tsilhqot’in have long disputed the government’s authority to execute the six chiefs as criminals, describing the confrontation as an altercation between warring nations.
The B.C. government apologized for the hangings in 1993 and installed a commemorative plaque at the site of the hangings.
Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett is scheduled to hold a press conference alongside the Tsilhqot’in Nation leadership Monday in Ottawa following the official exoneration.
The prime minister’s office declined comment.
Trudeau to exonerate Tsilhqot

 

[Walter]

Revisionism.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Yeah, that'll make everything OK.

 

[Blackleaf]

Why would you exonerate someone for breaking the law?

 

[captain morgan]

I expect that trudeau will dress up as a Tsilhqot’in warrior to really honor that group.

He's extra good at playing dress up

 

[pgs]

And British Columbia’s colonial government had nothing to do with Canada at the time . So he is exonerating people for events that didn’t happen in Canada .Revisionism indeed .

 

[taxslave]

Revising history again. Wouldn't want to offend anyone that isn't white male.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I expect that trudeau will dress up as a Tsilhqot’in warrior to really honor that group.

He's extra good at playing dress up

No, he should stick with apologizing. That's his wheelhouse. He screws up the details when he plays dress-up, like wearing white after Labor Day or diamonds in the daytime.

If he dressed up as a Tsilhqot'in, he'd probably end up in clothing that indicates a virgin girl ready for marriage or somesuch.

Hmm. . . come to think of it, that'd be worth a chuckle.

 

[captain morgan]

JT has already donned the traditional clothes of a few FNs in the past.

... We'll keep you posted, but do enjoy the show all the same

 

[Jinentonix]

What a wonderful man that Trudeau. Yep, he's gonna exonerate some long dead Native people but still won't do f*ck all about some of their horribly squalid living conditions of the living. There's at least a couple of reserves that have been under a boil water advisory for over two decades now. But yeah, this virtue signaling shtick will make things all better.

 

[Blackleaf]

Is he now dressing up as a Red Indian, taking part in cultural appropriation?

 

[Twin_Moose]

What a wonderful man that Trudeau. Yep, he's gonna exonerate some long dead Native people but still won't do f*ck all about some of their horribly squalid living conditions of the living. There's at least a couple of reserves that have been under a boil water advisory for over two decades now. But yeah, this virtue signaling shtick will make things all better.

Like I said in the other thread I believe this apology will open up a payout and land settlement claim. To the rest of your statements one has to open the band books to see where the housing allowance was spent, and the boil water advisory is it because there is no certified tester for the advisory to be terminated. If it is equipment where is the maintenance money to keep the equipment in shape it is included in the Gov. subsidies I don't like JT but all the FN problems can't be put on him, some have to be put on FN bands for the problems.

The hamlet I live in has really good water and well maintained equipment, but we are under no human consumption advisory, even though we pass testing monthly, because our volunteer water tester is not certified. It's that easy to be under a boil water advisory.

 

[Cliffy]

In 1860, Canada didn't even exist. We were still a British colony and it is the British that should have exonerated them. Trudeau, as per usual, is trying to look like a compassionate dweeb while sticking it to the indigenous peoples in the butt with Kinder Morgan and Site C.

 

[taxslave]

Like I said in the other thread I believe this apology will open up a payout and land settlement claim. To the rest of your statements one has to open the band books to see where the housing allowance was spent, and the boil water advisory is it because there is no certified tester for the advisory to be terminated. If it is equipment where is the maintenance money to keep the equipment in shape it is included in the Gov. subsidies I don't like JT but all the FN problems can't be put on him, some have to be put on FN bands for the problems.

The hamlet I live in has really good water and well maintained equipment, but we are under no human consumption advisory, even though we pass testing monthly, because our volunteer water tester is not certified. It's that easy to be under a boil water advisory.

My family owns a water system with about 150 customers where I grew up since the 1960s. Never been treated, no one has ever got sick never boiled the water and has had a boil water advisory since day one because we refused to chlorinate.

In 1860, Canada didn't even exist. We were still a British colony and it is the British that should have exonerated them. Trudeau, as per usual, is trying to look like a compassionate dweeb while sticking it to the indigenous peoples in the butt with Kinder Morgan and Site C.

Except that the only indians against Trans mountain and site C are all of the wannabee tribe.

UN like you the status Indians want the revenue and jobs pipelines produce.

 

[Twin_Moose]

My family owns a water system with about 150 customers where I grew up since the 1960s. Never been treated, no one has ever got sick never boiled the water and has had a boil water advisory since day one because we refused to chlorinate.

Private well is a different than Gov. regulated well, our RM wants us to buy the well out (privatize it) to get it out of Gov. control.

 

[taxslave]

NOt a well. Went to the source of a creek where water bubbles out of the rock.

Not really private either. It is called a privately owned public utility. Lots of government interference principle one being it cannot make a proffit.

 

[Twin_Moose]

NOt a well. Went to the source of a creek where water bubbles out of the rock.

Not really private either. It is called a privately owned public utility. Lots of government interference principle one being it cannot make a proffit.

We have a few of these types of co-ops as well sell memberships for the water and maintenance non profit, we are looking for this type of structure for our community water as well.

and like I said our biggest hang up is a full time certified water tech to take us out of the advisory, we can't afford to hire one and we take turns when our volunteer is unable to attend to the well due to his business

Sounds like you have a great water source

 

[petros]

SaskWater won't like that.

 

[taxslave]

We have a few of these types of co-ops as well sell memberships for the water and maintenance non profit, we are looking for this type of structure for our community water as well.

and like I said our biggest hang up is a full time certified water tech to take us out of the advisory, we can't afford to hire one and we take turns when our volunteer is unable to attend to the well due to his business

Sounds like you have a great water source

No, we own all the shares and charge for service but it is government regulated. Since I don't live there anymore I think it is more pain in the ass than anything. Sold my shares to my cousin.

 

[Twin_Moose]

SaskWater won't like that.

No they don't and are pushing hard for a full time tester for a 10 person community, and nothing they can do if we privatize it. 2 infractions since the new regulations started, both coming from the new inspector in the last 3 years one for testing not recorded for 2 days on surprise inspection the other for a couple of saplings growing on the lagoon walls, threat of third infraction comes with heavy fine and possible well closure.

No, we own all the shares and charge for service but it is government regulated. Since I don't live there anymore I think it is more pain in the ass than anything. Sold my shares to my cousin.

I understand now is it due to all the new laws surrounding water bottling and sales?