The Best Essay on the Issue of Canada's First Nations Peoples: Sketchy Thoughts: Detoxing From Canada
Kerpslebedeb of Sketchy Thoughts has written the best post dealing with the plight of Canada's First Nations. In an intelligent, poignant essay clarifying some truths about Canada's First Nations peoples, Sketchy Thoughts also offers some sage advice for the 'way forward with some solutions, and explains why even settlers must choose to support the Mohawk reclamation, which is ongoing at Six Nations in Caledonia, Ontario.Sketchy Thoughts: Detoxing From Canada
The Mohawk people at “Douglas Creek Estates” are reclaiming their land, not mine. Indigenous culture is not my culture. Their struggle is their struggle, and they will take the lead and set their terms and define their own strategies. This is just normal.
Nevertheless, as must be obvious from the past weeks on this blog, i am not neutral or disinterested about what happens in Caledonia. I see the Mohawk struggle as an inspiring front in the war for a better world. While thousands of settlers may have rallied against the Mohawks in Caledonia last night, there is no genetic rule which forces non-natives to take such a bigoted stand. It’s a choice.
What follows is an explanation for why i think even settlers should choose to support the Mohawk reclamation.
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Sketchy Thoughts: Detoxing From Canada
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