A new world in dealing with first nations

[maryjane48]

As an outsider, you have no rights and you've strayed away from your home and family. You are considered a poor person, he tells National Observer, and you are beholden to the First Nations on whose territory you stand.

His message takes aim at anyone who wants to do business or travel on his nation's land, be they tourists, government, companies, fishers, or boaters.




“The days of colonial authoritarianism are over,” he says. “It’s time for Canada to recognize that we are nations, as nations we have rights to our land, and if we are approached honourably, we can sit down and come to a fair and just conclusion.”

It’s precisely what his community has done, he explains, with KGHM Ajax Mining Inc.’s proposal to build a gaping open pit gold and copper mine on their territory, near a sacred cultural site called Pípsell.



http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/04 ... nt-bc-mine

[techrtr]

Such a nice way of describing the relationship - "As an outsider, you have no rights and you've strayed away from your home and family. You are considered a poor person." Attitudes like that are guaranteed to foster a positive relationship between First Nations people and everyone else. Hate the double standards in this country - if a non-native in a position of authority ever said something like that about another segment of the population in the media, they would be a backlash.

[maryjane48]

theres never backlash as site c proves .2 first nations never consulted will lose land . how is that not the same . imo its worse because they are being told they are worth less than a chunk of concrete and rebar 8