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NOS2Go4Me,Jun 29 2007, 03:09 AM Wrote:http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

There are now over 30 million people in this country. A large majority of us drive the economy and make this country what it is. For those who do not wish to take part in the day to day activities (but still insist on handouts without holding their own people responsible for how the handouts are controlled) of this country but still wish to gripe about past wrongs... perhaps if you stopped living in a self-perceived bubble you wouldn't have a problem.

You can go ahead and argue that the same was done to them a number of years ago, but consider two things:

- Why didn't they fight back harder?

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had to add...

Living in the past ? well why do we celebrate canada day, black history month, remeberance day. these too are past events.. should we stop living in the past and forget about it ? our fistory is not nearly as much of a cause to celebrate it so we are trying to correct some wrongs and slowly it is happening. VERY slowly....


fight back harder.... well disease played a part. as did military tactics which prevented fish from travelling down river to deplete an important food source. overhunting other food sources also played a major role. So did battles which were settled and then the army turned around and killed the band they just reached an agreement with.

I dont mean to insult you because otherwise you seem like a nice guy. But this is a perfect example of someone knowing a little bit of something and assuming the rest. Real history is crazy. I realize that NAtive history is a little biased the same way Non native history is biased, although non native tends to hide a little more. But I have come to see that I need to know both sides, I just wish everyone else felt the same way.

edit- I just read your response... and will add that I agree that there are alot of problems but keep in mind we are a small population so things stand out more.. friendship centres to me stand out no more than shelters in major cities. each have crowds outside, but you seem to notice friendship centres.

and wanting to keep our lands has more to do with making a living than being lazy. we want the land for more oppurtunity to do positive things with it as some reserves have done by making spas, (sterotype) casinos, hotels, landmarks. EUropeans came to the americas for land and opprtunity rights? well all alot of NAtive people want is that same chance. But at the same time some lands are considered to be sacred to us the same way golgatha would be looked at by christians. places where we believe the creator or other spirits have walked te earth, or even burial grounds such.

I am in ottawa right now, suprisingly celebrating canada day. I was also detoured by the roadblock. but if you want I can post some links when I get home. I have lots.

I have edited thins like 8 times now lol.. but for the most part we are looking for oppurtunity, not handouts. living conditions sucks but we have little chance to change it. We can move that is easy but we would also be leaving our lands and homes and in treaties it is said that once we did that we lose all rights to that land and we lose our rights as native people. There are bad seeds that want a handout, but there are people like that in every culture.

and a side note here is that even though we have reserve lands we only have legal rights to the top 6 feet of land. meaning we cannot beenfit from any batural resources which may lay underneath. so that chance to make something is immediately lost.