Friday, April 15, 2016

RESERVES DO NOT NEED A SYMPOSIUM ON COLONIALISM

Cheam First Nation Chief Ernie Cray:  “People can go on about colonialism, the Indian Act, poverty and the like,” he says, “but they don’t get down to brass tacks. People don’t want to offend, so they avoid specifics.”
And the specifics, he says, are these: “Not all is well on the parenting front, with addictions and mental illness. People are having a heck of a time being parents and their kids end up feeling ignored, neglected, and in many cases, abused.”
 

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