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It seems that some people have no sense of humor. Ask Mi'Kmaq Bernie Francis and I'm sure he'd have something to say. He's the gentleman who last year stirred up a bit of a fuss at the Treaty Day Festival in the Maritimes. Being somewhat of a grassroots social critic, he rewrote and sang a version of Sinatra's "I Did It My Way" which lampooned the huge salaries and expense accounts (allegedly exceeding $400,000) of two local chiefs. I believe he called his version of the song "I Hid It My Way."

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It seems that some people have no sense of humor. Ask Mi'Kmaq Bernie Francis and I'm sure he'd have something to say. He's the gentleman who last year stirred up a bit of a fuss at the Treaty Day Festival in the Maritimes. Being somewhat of a grassroots social critic, he rewrote and sang a version of Sinatra's "I Did It My Way" which lampooned the huge salaries and expense accounts (allegedly exceeding $400,000) of two local chiefs. I believe he called his version of the song "I Hid It My Way."

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It seems that some people have no sense of humor. Ask Mi'Kmaq Bernie Francis and I'm sure he'd have something to say. He's the gentleman who last year stirred up a bit of a fuss at the Treaty Day Festival in the Maritimes. Being somewhat of a grassroots social critic, he rewrote and sang a version of Sinatra's "I Did It My Way" which lampooned the huge salaries and expense accounts (allegedly exceeding $400,000) of two local chiefs. I believe he called his version of the song "I Hid It My Way."

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Dear Editor:

Re: Taiaiake Alfred column, "Understanding the cause", Windspeaker, October 2001.

Mr. Alfred really needs to refrain from commenting upon complex and explosive topics like 9.11. He speaks at one point of "a naive fool" and of those "without a special understanding of world politics."

Indeed.

Alfred's rhetoric does nothing to clarify the issues at hand. He demonstrates a poor understanding of international relations and of global Indigenous issues; poorer still of orthodox Haundenosaunnee culture and values.

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Dear Editor:

Re: Taiaiake Alfred column, "Understanding the cause", Windspeaker, October 2001.

Mr. Alfred really needs to refrain from commenting upon complex and explosive topics like 9.11. He speaks at one point of "a naive fool" and of those "without a special understanding of world politics."

Indeed.

Alfred's rhetoric does nothing to clarify the issues at hand. He demonstrates a poor understanding of international relations and of global Indigenous issues; poorer still of orthodox Haundenosaunnee culture and values.

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Dear Editor:

Re: Taiaiake Alfred column, "Understanding the cause", Windspeaker, October 2001.

Mr. Alfred really needs to refrain from commenting upon complex and explosive topics like 9.11. He speaks at one point of "a naive fool" and of those "without a special understanding of world politics."

Indeed.

Alfred's rhetoric does nothing to clarify the issues at hand. He demonstrates a poor understanding of international relations and of global Indigenous issues; poorer still of orthodox Haundenosaunnee culture and values.

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Dear Editor:

Re: Taiaiake Alfred column, "Understanding the cause", Windspeaker, October 2001.

Mr. Alfred really needs to refrain from commenting upon complex and explosive topics like 9.11. He speaks at one point of "a naive fool" and of those "without a special understanding of world politics."

Indeed.

Alfred's rhetoric does nothing to clarify the issues at hand. He demonstrates a poor understanding of international relations and of global Indigenous issues; poorer still of orthodox Haundenosaunnee culture and values.

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Dear Editor:

My name's Annie. This is a letter, not just for Contact, but to everyone working at APTN and for Windspeaker.

I guess I better start by confessing that I am not an Aboriginal person. I am, however, married to a Mohawk man and have two Mohawk children, a 10-year-old boy named Sky, and a 12-year-old girl named Raven.

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Dear Editor:

My name's Annie. This is a letter, not just for Contact, but to everyone working at APTN and for Windspeaker.

I guess I better start by confessing that I am not an Aboriginal person. I am, however, married to a Mohawk man and have two Mohawk children, a 10-year-old boy named Sky, and a 12-year-old girl named Raven.

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Dear Editor:

My name's Annie. This is a letter, not just for Contact, but to everyone working at APTN and for Windspeaker.

I guess I better start by confessing that I am not an Aboriginal person. I am, however, married to a Mohawk man and have two Mohawk children, a 10-year-old boy named Sky, and a 12-year-old girl named Raven.