Implications of Caledonia Blockade
Mere hours after the Native blockade at Caledonia was to be dismantled, the situation appears to have reverted back to Square One.
Story here:
Drawing on examples like this one, Oka, Burnt Church - where do we find a long term and viable solution to the Native issue? Or do we?
There are those who believe we should treat each claim as a forgone conclusion and award whatever the demand is to the Native band demanding it.... and there are also those who believe that the Europeans "won the war", occupied and therefore make the rules. Naturally, there's far more who sit somewhere in the middle.
At what point do "non-natives" simply become "natives of Canada"? I was born here, my parents were born here ... and at least 6-7 generations before me were born here. So what is the statute of limitations on all this? How seriously can we respect treaties that were passed on by word of mouth? I'm not saying we can or cannot - but I believe that whatever the "spirit" of the agreement was - nobody can claim to know what the nuances of any such treaties were.
What's the crowd consensus?
J
Story here:
Drawing on examples like this one, Oka, Burnt Church - where do we find a long term and viable solution to the Native issue? Or do we?
There are those who believe we should treat each claim as a forgone conclusion and award whatever the demand is to the Native band demanding it.... and there are also those who believe that the Europeans "won the war", occupied and therefore make the rules. Naturally, there's far more who sit somewhere in the middle.
At what point do "non-natives" simply become "natives of Canada"? I was born here, my parents were born here ... and at least 6-7 generations before me were born here. So what is the statute of limitations on all this? How seriously can we respect treaties that were passed on by word of mouth? I'm not saying we can or cannot - but I believe that whatever the "spirit" of the agreement was - nobody can claim to know what the nuances of any such treaties were.
What's the crowd consensus?
J
