Thank you. I hope that at least some of the links are useful to you.
I accept that many of the students who attended some of the residential schools were treated well and benefited from their experience. That said there seems to be no doubt that in other schools basic health and nutritional standards for the students were seriously deficient, and in many cases large numbers of students were criminally mistreated. Those are circumstances that need to be addressed.
I have no issue with acknowledging wrongs. I do have issues with the revolving blame game, repeating decade after decade.
Aboriginals are not unique in these issues. If you observe Poverty amongst all racial/cultural groups you will find very similar occurrences.
I had many aboriginal friends during the 90's, that went to University, and had a lot to say about their experiences within their own communities. I gained a lot of perspective from their own acknowledgement of what aboriginals did wrong, all by themselves.
I also have Acadian/Indian ancestry in my direct family. It also offered up perspective. Comparing it to Irish and British ones on my other family lines resulted in a well rounded view, that ALL "races" were/are fuck ups, experienced many forms of abuse, bigotry and racism at various levels. There was Indian vs English, Indian vs French, French vs English, Irish vs English, Irish vs French, even French vs Acadians ?... etc. etc. etc.
At some point we will either all be the same skin color and bigoted against eachother over eye/hair color or we will be repeating the same things again and again without resolution.
I am more tart to a degree because at one point in the 90's, everyone got along and unified under being a Canadian, respectfully acknowledging eachothers origins. I can't figure out how that occurred and now we have an ultimate race war going on in 2021.
Provable failure to live up to the "settler" side of legal agreements plus the maltreatment of indigenous families are issues that need to be resolved. These are not only historical wrongs. For some background on how First Nations families receive a poorer level of health care - and won when the issue was taken to court - see Alanis Obomsawin's 2016 film "We can't Make the Same Mistake Twice". (https://www.nfb.ca/film/we_can_t_make_the_same_mistake_twice/)
In the 90s less was widely known about the validity of the First Nations' complaints. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was an attempt to move forward but it seems to have stalled at the recommendation implementation stage.
Thank you. I hope that at least some of the links are useful to you.
I accept that many of the students who attended some of the residential schools were treated well and benefited from their experience. That said there seems to be no doubt that in other schools basic health and nutritional standards for the students were seriously deficient, and in many cases large numbers of students were criminally mistreated. Those are circumstances that need to be addressed.
I have no issue with acknowledging wrongs. I do have issues with the revolving blame game, repeating decade after decade.
Aboriginals are not unique in these issues. If you observe Poverty amongst all racial/cultural groups you will find very similar occurrences.
I had many aboriginal friends during the 90's, that went to University, and had a lot to say about their experiences within their own communities. I gained a lot of perspective from their own acknowledgement of what aboriginals did wrong, all by themselves.
I also have Acadian/Indian ancestry in my direct family. It also offered up perspective. Comparing it to Irish and British ones on my other family lines resulted in a well rounded view, that ALL "races" were/are fuck ups, experienced many forms of abuse, bigotry and racism at various levels. There was Indian vs English, Indian vs French, French vs English, Irish vs English, Irish vs French, even French vs Acadians ?... etc. etc. etc.
At some point we will either all be the same skin color and bigoted against eachother over eye/hair color or we will be repeating the same things again and again without resolution.
I am more tart to a degree because at one point in the 90's, everyone got along and unified under being a Canadian, respectfully acknowledging eachothers origins. I can't figure out how that occurred and now we have an ultimate race war going on in 2021.
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A major factor in Canada is that we pride ourselves on our rule of law, and the First Nations are proving repeatedly in the highest courts that they have legal contracts that have been ignored. They are insisting on the right to have all parties come to the table and negotiate equitable solutions. A perfect example is the agreement that made Manitoba: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/after-three-decade-legal-fight-supreme-court-sides-with-metis-in-historic-manitoba-land-dispute.
Provable failure to live up to the "settler" side of legal agreements plus the maltreatment of indigenous families are issues that need to be resolved. These are not only historical wrongs. For some background on how First Nations families receive a poorer level of health care - and won when the issue was taken to court - see Alanis Obomsawin's 2016 film "We can't Make the Same Mistake Twice". (https://www.nfb.ca/film/we_can_t_make_the_same_mistake_twice/)
In the 90s less was widely known about the validity of the First Nations' complaints. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was an attempt to move forward but it seems to have stalled at the recommendation implementation stage.
That I 100% agree on.
Our governments, past and present, refuse to acknowledge or respect any social contracts, with anyone.
Liars and Cheats rule this country.