Politicking in Indian Country

Hi Friends

The meeting of the Chiefs from across the country has yielded one positive result. There is no need to revisit all the lost chances for the Canadian government to right the wrongs done to the aboriginal people of this country. No need to point out broken treaties or genocidal legislation meted out by the Indian Act. All this is well known.

The Canadian governments' self serving, disingenuous referencing of the reserves in this country as "First Nations lands", has, and I predict, will rise up to bite them on their proverbial butts.

The Chiefs have decided to go out side the borders to partner with other nations to grow the reserve economies...at last! International deals. Nation to Nation. That to me sounds like leadership.

We the indigenous people have been duped long enough. Our lands have been pillaged our children murdered and raped our way of life decimated. In short we have been ground down under the heel of the white governments for far too long. Canada consistently ranks high up on the best countries in the world to live. Rankings based on Anglo-Canadians. Once aboriginal reserves are added to the equation the rankings drop significantly.

Human rights organizations, and the U.N constantly back the indigenous peoples,in their quest for protection and recognition of their human rights. To no avail. There simply is no will of the ordinary Canadian citizens to see the mistreatment of the aboriginal nations as something other than the First Nations' peoples own fault.
This is mainly due to lack of the true history of this country being taught, along with mis-information being fed to the public by the Canadian government, in the form of budgeting information, along with out right lies in the immigration booklets. New Canadians are told that the First Nations are not taxed. A half truth at best and a lie by omission, in reality. Any First nation person working off reserve does indeed pay taxes, and as most reserve populations live off reserve then it goes a majority of any reserve does pay taxes!

Our fore fathers fore told of the rise of the seventh generation, post contact.I am hopeful that it is our time.

Regards, Debra