February 2012
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January 2012
21 posts
I’m not sure exactly the kind of meeting we are going to because some meetings...
– Chief Darrell McCallum of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation on preparing for a meeting of Canadian Chiefs and the Prime Minister of Canada.
Yeah, that’s right. The government tells us they consult with Natives on national and provincial issues, but really our Chiefs were basically told to sit there...
Be Kind.
That awkward moment when people think your guy...
native-things:
omgitsanguyen:
OMFG THIS, NO HE ISNT MY BOYFRIEND, HE IS PRACTICALLY MY BROTHER EW EW EW
LOL THIS.
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December 2011
6 posts
2011
2011 Highlights- suffering through nine states on a hot bus, walking around Vancouver, working in the office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, visiting the world Nike headquarters in Oregon, doing a boat tour in Manhattan, Road trips all over AB, SK and MB, going to camp in Flin Flon, Edmonton or New York, performing for the great folks at Native Youth Camp, getting lost in Edmonton…twice,...
haha great letter
I say to you white man, pay your taxes, you left your homeland, as a Canadian, you owe your immigrant governments whatever they want to legislate in taxes. For us indigenous people, we contribute over 700 billion dollars a year in resource sales revenue and availability of resources to the immigrants in these lands. You pay nothing for the gravel, the timber, the oil and the sixty different metals...
November 2011
12 posts
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Is this even legal? →
I think the average “tax payer” needs to be reminded of the real history of this country and that we are not our own problem- racism, discrimination, colonization, cultural genocide and getting it from the people who stole our land is our problem.
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Our people need help- LETS DO SOMETHING. →
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Do you think that Stephen Harper cares about... →
October 2011
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Hey Manitoba!
CEPS Youth Leadership Development Awards and Showcase takes place this Thurs. Oct. 20th @ Canad Inns Club Regent Casino 6pm - 9-m. Tix $100/ea or Table of 8 is $800. 8 Indigenous youth will be honored for their achievments and contributions in the areas of Culture, Economics, Politics, and social. Performances by Ali Fontaine, youth hand drummers & dancers, hip hop dancers, guitarist. Special...
September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
6 posts
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Simple beauty in life: Cross Lake →
simple-beauty-in-life:
Day 3: (I have a feeling this will be a long one)
Woke up, work, came back home for lunch at 12.
After lunch, I went out with Alice (my co-worker) to see some foster parents. On our way, we stopped at one of the three schools here and she showed me around the inside which is covered in art….
Cross Lake!! My most favorite place in the world. Going next week for...
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