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What to do? Kevin Christmas, a Mi'kmaq Nation citizen who lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has been circulating essays he wrote that are harshly critical of those chiefs who have chosen to work with the government. He has been especially tough on members of the AFN executive.
He told Windspeaker the Mi'kmaq Elders have identified a pattern of co-optation that is used by…
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Dear Editor:
Re: "I've said it before and I'll say it again, Indian lobbyists and supporters of race-based rights and privileges are nothing more than modern Klansmen." Saskatchewan independent MP Jim Pankiw-Dec. 17, Ottawa Citizen
Why is it that as soon as one Native person steps out of line and voices his personal opinion, elected officials such as Saskatchewan…
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As the national representative of the Metis people of the traditional Metis homeland, I offer my sincere regrets to the Jewish people who have been hurt by those words.
Our people know all to well the pain caused by hurtful words. Our people know how ignorance about our true history is the basis for many of the racist attitudes that exist today. That is why we must condemn…
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[David] Ahenakew's comments are hurtful to all of us Canadians. It is disappointing that as a community leader, in a position to guide and mentor his community, he harbors and voices such venomous and hurtful comments. However, I feel that it does demonstrate a very unsettling and disturbing trend, which causes many Canadians grave concern no matter what our background. What is…
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Skeetchestn World War II soldiers put their lives on the line to defend us against racist and anti-Semitic ideas. It would dishonor the memory of their sacrifice to remain silent on this issue. Having been the victims of racist government policies ourselves, we must send a strong message that Mr. Ahenikew's remarks are totally unacceptable and have no legitimate place in a free…
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On the occasion of the suspension of David Ahenakew from the SIFC Board of Governors.
David Ahenakew's remarks do not represent the views of the SIFC, the FSIN or First Nations people. Racism is intolerable, whatever the source, and cannot be excused. We apologize to the Jewish community and the public at large.
Vice-Chief Lindsay Cyr
Chair of the SIFC
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I have spent most of my life fighting for the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. Racism has been one of the most powerful forces undermining Indigenous rights, and we cannot condone statements made by anyone, especially members of the Indigenous community, that are based on racism directed against any minority.
The Jewish People of Europe were victimized in…
Dear Editor:
We have all seen the recent words of David Ahenakew. The spirit is familiar. Here, again, the ugly spectre of anti-Semitism.
What is it that Aboriginal and Jewish peoples share, if not acquaintance with this swaggering abomination called hatred? It has devoured our peoples, has multiplied despair, has forged the machinery of domination and death.
Our Elders…
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I am deeply disturbed to have learned of the extraordinary anti-Semitic and racist remarks attributed to Saskatchewan First Nations Senator Dr. David Ahenakew in newspaper reports. As national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and on behalf of all First Nations and First Nations peoples from all regions in Canada, I unconditionally reject these hateful, ignorant and…
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Friends:
I was heartened to learn this afternoon that David Ahenakew had fallen upon his own sword and resigned as chair of the FSIN Senate and as a member of that Senate.
I am, however, deeply disturbed by the demands for a criminal prosecution of Ahenakew. There has been a growing tendency to a knee jerk response to treat every piece of misbehavior as though the…
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Now that a certain calm has come to this community after four days of sickening tumult that was caused by the hate-filled spewing of Dr. David Ahenekew at a meeting in Saskatchewan in December, it's time for a little sober reflection.
Ahenekew's public rant on Jews and the Holocaust and Hitler, as ugly as it was, provides us with an opportunity to talk about this issue of…
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Saying he has abused his power by dealing punitively with First Nations that don't co-operate with him, the chiefs will take their complaints about Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault to Parliament's ethics commissioner, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Auditor General of Canada and the Prime Minister.
The plan was revealed at a press conference on the second day…
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A schedule for making changes to the way the Assembly of First Nations functions has been set. National Chief Matthew Coon Come laid out the timing for the process in his address to the chiefs at the December Confederacy in Ottawa.
Coon Come said he and the executive committee have come up with a draft plan that will be sent to the chiefs for their examination in…
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The federal government's attempts to limit its legal liability for the damage inflicted on Aboriginal people by the residential school system will be in the bull's eye if a class action lawsuit is certified and allowed to proceed.
Ontario law provides an opening to expand the realm of legal liability into areas where the federal government has refused to go so far-loss of…
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A leaked copy of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's (INAC) memorandum to Cabinet on the First Nations governance legislation shows that the department planned an intensive media campaign to control public discourse on the act and keep its own agenda front and centre.
The memorandum to Cabinet, or MC as it's known in government circles, is usually not…