Letter: Circus comes to Kainai High School

Dear Editor:
Wow, what a day it must have been. We had clowns coming from the four directions. Some were dressed up in Kainai traditional attire, some came to see the buffoonery and the chicanery, while others thought maybe some candy apples, or cotton candy would be served.

What an embarrassment! The main clown (Harper) had a captive audience and nobody caught on to his act. He announces more monies would be handed over to support language and cultural retention and support. When he said that, he immediately receives not quite a standing ovation, but a big round of applause.

Wow, this is too good to be true. Yep, all First Nations are going to receive billions of dollars. Yep, billions of dollars. Wow.

This is too good to be true. How can he be so generous? And of all places, right in the heart of our academic community, right in the Kainai High School, the very same school Paul Martin was just at a few weeks ago.

There is, of course, a catch to all this. These mega bucks don’t kick in until 2015, and the language and cultural cash comes into effect in 2016. A federal election occurs in 2015. He’s already campaigning. Didn’t anyone catch this? Wow.

Atleo, Chief Weaselhead, grand stand of course, endorsing the announcement, stating that this is a historic day. But didn’t anybody tell them that they don’t kick in until 2015, and the language and cultural support in 2016?

Harper hoodwinked the reserve again, and to add insult to injury, he does it at an academic center where we are supposed to have academics there. Nobody questioned it. We even had tribal members kicked out for trying to speak out.

Wow, what a sad day. Again, promises, promises, promises. White man with forked tongue catches Kainai asleep again.

Keith Chiefmoon
Standoff, Alberta