tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post7457754852066133498..comments2023-06-27T10:33:35.086-04:00Comments on kirbycairo: Chief Spence and Our Quiet Racist Traditions. . . . .Kirbycairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-55404538691107903232013-01-02T16:59:01.830-05:002013-01-02T16:59:01.830-05:00Great post Kirbycairo - missed it earlier. Racism ...Great post Kirbycairo - missed it earlier. Racism and colonialism are intertwined, resulting in objectation and oppression.<br /><br />Many reserves have become ghetto-like, where govts ensure that they are not provided with resources & supports to sustain a healthy community. This is purposeful.susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-70032928534072867032013-01-01T19:17:03.062-05:002013-01-01T19:17:03.062-05:00My Dad was born in 1889. My Mom was born in 1903. ...My Dad was born in 1889. My Mom was born in 1903. I was a very late child, born during WW11, while my brothers and a sister served in that war.<br /><br />My parents were homesteaders. I heard many stories of the pioneer days. Many immigrant family's had no idea, just how cold the Prairies could be in winter. Some immigrants arrived, with just their lives. <br /><br />If not for the F.N. people, many of those family's would have never made it through those winters. The F.N. hunted Moose, Deer and Elk for those people. Gave them smoked fish and dried berries. They cut firewood for them. Some had gunnysacks wrapped around their feet for winter boots. The F.N. made them, fur lined moccasins. Made them fur jackets and mitts. Made them fur robes for blankets. Made them sleighs.<br /><br />My Dad had fallen and fractured some ribs. The F.N. helped my Dad take his crops off. My Dad gave them a pig to smoke and cure. All the Prairie people, planted extra vegetables for the F.N. Made them cheese and butter. Mom sent them out to pick in her raspberry and gooseberry bushes, gave them chickens, eggs and milk. They were always welcome for a meal. They were told to stop by on their ways home, to pick up vegetables and whatever else they could carry on their dog team sleighs.<br /><br />It would have been worth anyone's life, to insult the F.N. people, in those prairie homes. Family's were very grateful to the F.N. people, they were very respected. They were good, decent and kind people. <br /><br />It may be surprising to some. Those old pioneers said, those were the best and happiest years of their lives. It beats the hell out of these days.<br /><br />The F.N. people, are Canadians too. They sent their sons to war, right alongside my own brothers. However. Our Canadian government, didn't even have the decency, to recognize those people for their war service.<br /><br />All the F.N. people get offered to-day, is hate. We did enough to those people. It's time to give back, and support them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-4499178816794232302012-12-31T09:14:30.438-05:002012-12-31T09:14:30.438-05:00We like to think we are an open and tolerant natio...We like to think we are an open and tolerant nation, Kirby. The treatment of Canada's native peoples puts the lie to those notions.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com