Thanks for helping to raise awareness here. When people think of genocide of native peoples they often think of the “past” i.e. We took away their land, culture, language, way of life, brought them diseases. The TRUE HORROR is that the genocide of native peoples continues to this day ‘in other forms’. The police, along with the government are suppose to represent the people, not be used as tools of private interests to continue an active campaign to obliterate what is left of native activists in this country (Canada). The number of native peoples occupying our jails relative to the general population is abhorrent. The number of missing, abused, murdered native women is also insane when compared to the general population. Native funding for education is a third of what it is for other Canadians. We continue to contaminate the land which they took really good care of for a long time. Native peoples in Canada suffer from massively higher rates of suicide and other social problems due the ghetto’s (Reserves) we have created. The very people who are marginalized economically are the first to be marginalized in terms of their natural environment. Canada imports industrial waste which is then dumped on native lands, as federal laws do not apply to native lands. This has resulted in much higher incidences of disease (Cancer, other immune disorders, etc.) in native communities that are already marginalized (Hamilton, Brantford, Sarnia, Walpole Island). I worked in the waste management industry for some years. Information on landfills are 10-15 years out of date in Canada (ECO Report, 2005-2006, Neglecting Our Obligations). This makes it impossible to ‘monitor’ or ‘enforce’ waste regulations that only look good ‘on paper’. We need to do something about the problems Natives are facing. This is a Canadian problem, not just a Native one. *It Has Completely Escaped The Canadian Consciousness* Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children” - Native Proverb Many native cultures make decisions based on how it will affect the seventh generation (not based on the next election or economic quarter? Our short-sighted thinking). Native cultures also have animal spirits which reflect their close association with nature. As man moves towards the nation-state his god becomes one, looks like him, and is in control of everything (Reflective of our dysfunctional culture to some degree) facebook/notes/navneet-gupta/in-solidarity-with-the-idle-no-more-movement-please-share/10151335545699344 In Solidarity.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:18:22 +0000