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keep up the good, work you guys say it the way it is,and are the only network that has any balls to address the first nation issue. One of our MLA Bill bennett said it once, when the first nation start paying taxes then they can vote. here is an email I recieved from a friend from Vancouver BC
NATIVE HISTORY
2. The idea that the “natives” were peaceful caretakers of the land or benevolent tenants couldn’t be further from the truth. The various tribes warred on each other constantly. They were violent. Want proof? Ask the Hurons…oh that’s right you can’t. The Iroquois wiped them out. How about slavery that was rife among the first nation tribes until the Europeans came over and freed the slaves and put an end to this “valued cultural tradition”? Is slavery peaceful and humane?
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> > 3. The idea that we “stole” this land from them is also ridiculous. A more technologically advanced and numerous culture invaded and conquered. This is exactly what has been happening since the dawn of humanity all around the globe. To say we “stole” their lands is just plain wrong. That is akin to saying the Saxons should return England to the Angles. Or maybe we should launch a campaign to have Roman descendants give Italy back to the Etruscans.
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> > It is a nonsensical notion driven by the politically correct bleeding hearts, some intellectually deficient politicians, the Government, and it will continue to cost this country needless and wasted billions and billions until we get some backbone and turn off the taps.
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> > Are these people in trouble? Yes.
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> > Do they need help? Yes.
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> > Are they responsible enough to look after themselves and efficiently spend the billions the tax payers give them? Certainly not.
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> > The only way to fix this situation is to bring them into society as equals. They should be getting jobs and paying taxes like the rest of us because in reality, they are no more special than any of the other hundred or more cultures that call Canada home.
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> > Turn off the taps. Do away with this “traditional use” and “cultural” nonsense. Educate their children to become modern citizens , instead of finding their identity and source of pride in some folks who occupied the land 15000 years ago. Let them stand or fall on their own account. Just like the rest of us have to do!
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> > DO YOU HAVE A MIND OPEN ENOUGH TO PASS THIS ON TO A FEW OF YOUR CONTACTS?? PLEASE DO!
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Specious remarks without context serve no one well.
The Iroquois Confederacy is a process that 100′s of years in practice. A letter from George Washington stating his appreciation to that confederacies constitution as a template for his own is of record.
Gino, what does the phrase ‘Indian War’ suggest to you. History is replete with facts that prove war is no solution by any measure.
A population estimated in the 10′s of millions was reduced to some number above 265,000 once the North American land grab had delivered it’s near final solution. Context without vitriol has merit.