Thursday 14 February 2013

Addressing Natives in Canada

              I believe the government should start by keeping there promises to everyone. Natives are just as much a part of this country as anyone else so I don't understand how the government keeps almost all of there promises to the rest of the population, but not natives. I think that the Natives should be treated with the same respect as anyone else in our country. I believe the government should give reserves  more money but also help them plan what they should do with the money. And I definitely think that schools should be built and everyone should be encouraged to finish at least grade 12. In our school we often have people from universities come and talk to us about our future, I believe the government should try and encourage universities to go to native reserves and talk to high school students there to think about their future.  

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  1. Nice post but lame pic. #lackofswag

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    1. Aiden, you do a good job of complimenting the substance of Teslyn's post. In the future, I would like you to explain what was "nice" about her post and why it was "nice".

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  2. The natives ask for these reserves to segregate themselves from the rest of the population. If they wish to be treated as the rest of the country is, they should look more to keeping their heritage alive by doing so personally.

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    1. Interesting, Cody. I have never heard that Natives wanted the reserves. I know of cases where Native populations have been relocated from their original home to a reserve because the government thought it was in their "best interest". I wonder if you could provide any evidence to support your claim.

      What do you mean by "treated as the rest of the country" and "personally" keeping their culture alive?

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  3. I agree that governments need to keep their promises. But, it is easy to make promises to get elected, but fulfilling them can be tricky. I wonder also if it is easier to break promises to Native Canadians because of their lack of a strong voice.

    You have done a good job of stating your point and explaining it. I also like how you offer solutions.

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  4. The problems are not with following their promises, but the promises themselves. The Indian Act is seen by many as unfair and setting a lower quality of life for the native-canadians. For reference: http://earthsharing.ca/page/abolish-indian-act

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    1. Chris, I like how you clarify that the problems lie with the promises and the Indian Act. I also like how you provide a reference. In the future, I would like you to expand on your thoughts. Why is the Indian Act unfair? How does it set up a lower quality of life for Native Canadians?

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    2. The reserves are set up to create native communities that are dependant on the government due to lack of resources and opportunities on the reserves. For example in "the Rez sisters", one of the girl's husbands has to drive miles to Espanola for a job, and the only source of income on the reserve, other than government issued welfare checks, is the Bingo.

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    3. Interesting points, Chris and great connection to the play. I wonder why the government would want to create dependency.

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  5. I think before we can assume the government isn’t fulfilling their promises we need to look into the situation more. The reason I think this is because a lot of things occur that we are unaware about and in this situation I think we are uneducated as to what is going on between natives and the government. It is easy to jump to conclusions that it is the governments fault but maybe we aren’t educated enough on the situation to know what is truly going on. I think we would need to look into this situation more in order to determine what is really going on and which side is at fault.

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