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The system was meant to protect Natives from being cheated, but it quickly changed into a way to ensure aboriginals didn't compete
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When George Munroe came back from the war in 1944, he had shrapnel in his back and a chip on his shoulder.
Having fought overseas for freedom and democracy, he found it grossly unfair that in his own country he couldn't buy a drink,…
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In these increasingly confused times, one's grasp of what is proper and correct in today's fast-changing world becomes more and more hazy. In fact, sometimes it's just downright impossible to tell what's going on.
I speak specifically about the life of Canada's Native people. With the growing political and cultural awareness that's happening in Native communities across…
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Tansi, ahnee and hello. There's a terrific responsibility of being a storyteller. It springs from a storytelling tradition that believes in the empowerment of the people. The empowerment comes when you offer them the choice of how to run their lives and see their world.
Our legends and stories all work like that. They contain, at various levels throughout them, ethical…
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Myths of many cultures are dragged through time and eventfully find a place in reality. Such is true of the scalping myth that was associated with warriors of old. Scalping crept into the movies and tales of the old west and was eventually accepted into the pages of the history books.
It's a scary thought that our children are taught that yesterdays' savage Indians…
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Myths of many cultures are dragged through time and eventfully find a place in reality. Such is true of the scalping myth that was associated with warriors of old. Scalping crept into the movies and tales of the old west and was eventually accepted into the pages of the history books.
It's a scary thought that our children are taught that yesterdays' savage Indians…
Page 4
Myths of many cultures are dragged through time and eventfully find a place in reality. Such is true of the scalping myth that was associated with warriors of old. Scalping crept into the movies and tales of the old west and was eventually accepted into the pages of the history books.
It's a scary thought that our children are taught that yesterdays' savage Indians…
Page 4
Myths of many cultures are dragged through time and eventfully find a place in reality. Such is true of the scalping myth that was associated with warriors of old. Scalping crept into the movies and tales of the old west and was eventually accepted into the pages of the history books.
It's a scary thought that our children are taught that yesterdays' savage Indians…
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A couple of weeks ago, Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon suggested that a Native parliament may be the next step in securing Native self-government.
The national Native political body would probably not be a parliament in the constitutional sense. An Aboriginal parliament would instead consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people through the same…
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A couple of weeks ago, Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon suggested that a Native parliament may be the next step in securing Native self-government.
The national Native political body would probably not be a parliament in the constitutional sense. An Aboriginal parliament would instead consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people through the same…
Page 4
A couple of weeks ago, Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon suggested that a Native parliament may be the next step in securing Native self-government.
The national Native political body would probably not be a parliament in the constitutional sense. An Aboriginal parliament would instead consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people through the same…
Page 4
A couple of weeks ago, Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon suggested that a Native parliament may be the next step in securing Native self-government.
The national Native political body would probably not be a parliament in the constitutional sense. An Aboriginal parliament would instead consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people through the same…
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Protesters at a year-old road block in northwest Saskatchwan are refusing to leave their camp site, even in the face of a court-ordered eviction.
Court of Queen's Bench Justice J. Wimmer ruled May 12 that the Protectors of Mother Earth Society must vacate their Wiggins Bay Road Turnoff campsite within 15 days, if an appeal was not launched or face an eviction.
But…
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Protesters at a year-old road block in northwest Saskatchwan are refusing to leave their camp site, even in the face of a court-ordered eviction.
Court of Queen's Bench Justice J. Wimmer ruled May 12 that the Protectors of Mother Earth Society must vacate their Wiggins Bay Road Turnoff campsite within 15 days, if an appeal was not launched or face an eviction.
But…
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Protesters at a year-old road block in northwest Saskatchwan are refusing to leave their camp site, even in the face of a court-ordered eviction.
Court of Queen's Bench Justice J. Wimmer ruled May 12 that the Protectors of Mother Earth Society must vacate their Wiggins Bay Road Turnoff campsite within 15 days, if an appeal was not launched or face an eviction.
But…
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Protesters at a year-old road block in northwest Saskatchwan are refusing to leave their camp site, even in the face of a court-ordered eviction.
Court of Queen's Bench Justice J. Wimmer ruled May 12 that the Protectors of Mother Earth Society must vacate their Wiggins Bay Road Turnoff campsite within 15 days, if an appeal was not launched or face an eviction.
But…