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First Nations - CF help, protests, solutions, residential schools, etc. (merged)

Haletown said:
She was probably too busy driving around in her Escalade, checking out the very expensive Zamboni ice resurfacing machine at the community rinkthat they bought instead of doing basic housing repairs, planning her next  publicity diet stunt (don't forget to make reservations at the local five star hotel so you can get a good night's sleep - TeePees are so uncomfortable) or hanging out with her big plasma TV and satellite service to worry about the little people of her Band.

I was recently in Kelowna and witnessed the entrepreneurial expertise of the  Westbank band.  Very impressive. The Feds should just hire them to run Aboriginal  Affairs on a contract basis.  Chief Spence wouldn't last five minutes under Westbank leadership.  The first time she whined on about something and tried to blame anyone/everyone else for her band's problems they would boot her butt down the road  and replace her with someone who gets things done.

And they would sell her Escalade and force her to get some much needed exercise by walking.

There are some good bands with strong and dynamic leadership all over the country.  Pabineau First Nation, near my hometown of Bathurst, NB is one such community.  They own a number of commercial fishing boats which provide employment and income to the community.  They also fish within season, follow all rules and regulations and maintain very good relationships with other fisherman in the area.  They also own their own fish market and store where they sell their catch.  They, along with many other First Nations are good people but their hard work is over-shadowed by the "1%er's" who would rather live by a code of "corruption, extortion, bribery and mis-information".
 
RoyalDrew said:
  They, along with many other First Nations are good people but their hard work is over-shadowed by the "1%er's" who would rather live by a code of "corruption, extortion, bribery and mis-information".

Whom the press give 99% of their attention too.........
 
Bruce Monkhouse said:
Whom the press give 99% of their attention too.........


In fairness to the media, people going about their lawful business, in a lawful manner, doing an honest day's work for an honest wage is hardly "news," is it?
 
E.R. Campbell said:
In fairness to the media, people going about their lawful business, in a lawful manner, doing an honest day's work for an honest wage is hardly "news," is it?

It would be a pleasant change though. ;D
 
E.R. Campbell said:
In fairness to the media, people going about their lawful business, in a lawful manner, doing an honest day's work for an honest wage is hardly "news," is it?

But it's getting to the point that it soon will be "news" </rant>
 
E.R. Campbell said:
In fairness to the media, people going about their lawful business, in a lawful manner, doing an honest day's work for an honest wage is hardly "news," is it?

I don't know,.....I enjoyed reading 'Royal Drew's" account of a First nations success story more than reading about this latest protest.

Maybe it's because way too many people want and crave the lowest common denominator as their "news"?
 
Bruce Monkhouse said:
I don't know,.....I enjoyed reading 'Royal Drew's" account of a First nations success story more than reading about this latest protest.

Maybe it's because way too many people want and crave the lowest common denominator as their "news"?

I agree with Bruce.  Those "Success Stories" should be more broadly broadcast and perhaps they will help to kick start others to follow suit.
 
RoyalDrew said:
They, along with many other First Nations are good people but their hard work is over-shadowed by the "1%er's" who would rather live by a code of "corruption, extortion, bribery and mis-information".

You forgot nepotism and clanism...
 
Attawapiskat in the news again...

CBC News

Winnipeg’s Muslim community donates meat to Attawapiskat

Over 1,800 kilograms of meat will soon be on its way to an impoverished Ontario reserve, after Winnipeg’s Muslim community donated a massive amount of food and boxes of supplies to Attawapiskat First Nation as part of their annual Eid-al-Adha celebration.

“Each year, I try to raise the bar a little bit,” said Hussain Guisti of the Zubaidah Tallab Foundation.

Guisti gathers food and goods from the local Muslim community and sends them off to those in need.

Last year, hundreds of kilograms of meat was sent to Shamattawa and Garden Hill.

“We have lots of food, right, and some of the people, they need the food,” said Asha Khaleq, who is storing the meat in her freezer before it is shipped to Attawapiskat. “We don’t want to keep all this for us, right? We want to send it for them.”

The First Nation’s chief, Deborah Spence, told Guisti the community has 350 to 400 families on social assistance. In 2011, a state of emergency was declared on the First Nation.

“She says things are so expensive up there that by the middle of the month their social assistance cheques end and then most families will have to rely on eating bread for the rest of the month,” said Guisti. “In Canada, something like that should not exist.

According to 2006 census data, the average annual income in Attawapiskat is just over $12,000.


Dennis Koostachin is a crisis intervention worker for Attawapiskat. He said the problem of low incomes is exacerbated by the high price of supplies.

“The people who are in low income, they face this everyday,” said Koostachin. “They struggle to buy stuff, some of them. It’s just expensive here because it’s isolated.”

So why is the community sending meat as part of their supplies?

Part of the celebration of Eid-al-Adha is the sacrifice of an animal and a donation of its meat. But the Zubaidah Tallab Foundation takes that tradition a lot further.

Included in their shipment will be 50 boxes of diapers and 60 kilograms of flour, just a portion of the supplies that are being sent to the remote reserve.

Guisti will load the food and supplies onto a trailer and drive it to Thunder Bay, Ont., and then send the goods off by air from there.

“I am fulfilling first of all my Muslim responsibility, and I am fulfilling my Canadian responsibility, and last, I am fulfilling my responsibility as a human being,” said Guisti.
 
It would be interesting to see how and to whom it is finally distributed to..... ::)
 
I also remember some public figurehead of theirs who was rather large despite not 'eating' for a month+
 
The Green in Fredericton is now occupied. They have constructed a traditional long house with traditional blue poly tarp. The whole place is already a pit of thrown away fast food wraps and the odd empty booze bottle. All this protected by the FPD. They are holding shale gas environmental review and want white folks to come and express their opinion. Can you imagine walking in there and agreeing with the gas company.

Just waiting now for the moose soup sucking tub a lard to lead them to the promise land. An ADT sale guy I know facebooked that he has been busy all weekend uping customer coverage in the mansions around the Green.
 
A friend drove the war memorial has a warrior flag hung off it. There will be no service there this year.
 
They really are starting to wear out their welcome and try people's patience.  Bad things may start to happen.  It can't go on forever.  People will finally have had enough and react in less than a positive manner.
 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-nisga-a-becomes-only-first-nation-to-privatize-land-1.2355794

To me, this measure is actually a positive one. I say give them all the same degree of individual ownership and responsibility that they have when they choose to move off-reserve (as most have done, anyway...). A sense of ownership and the ability to profit (and the accompnying risk of loss) from the individual posession of land would, IMHO, go far to address some of the hapless dependency and despondency of so many FN bands.

I realize that the treaty system in BC is different than in the rest of Canada, but the principle should still apply.

I disregard the fear of "assimilation": simply because you adapt to a changing world does not mean you abandon your culture. Failure to adapt is the mark of a dying culture.
 
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