Category: We Are All Treaty People

Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?

Narrative, disrupted;

[Chief Cece Hodgson-McCauley, of the Inuvik Dene Band] claims that a lot of the bad stories told about residential schools are a lie.
“They’re only reporting the bad side, and the more you lie, the more you say it’s bad the more money you make, and the lawyers are making money because they’re pushing people to tell their stories.”
She said some people have contacted her, wanting to tell their positive stories about the schools, but are too scared to come forward.
Hodgson-McCauley wants the truth to come out, and she plans on being the person to start it.

h/t Derek

Milo is genius

There’s really nothing more to say.

Whatever your parents’ skin tone or racial history, this in no way relates to your own. (This is a tired 1950s prejudice sometimes called “science.”) It’s no secret that I, too, am trans-black — as is a friend of mine, social media activist Godfrey Elfwick. Transracialism is a more common condition than you think.

Of course, the British have a long history of transracial. Think ‘Grey Owl’.

Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?

No longer welcome at Thompson Rivers University…

“We were trying to convey the existence of an aboriginal industry that has developed around the huge amounts of money that are being transferred in the interests of native people and are intercepted by a whole layer of people, the largest component of which is the legal element,” he said.
“Aboriginal people today are living in poverty…lawyers are making a fortune in keeping them there — keeping them in need of their services and the services of other people in the industry.”
Howard said he was approached by some students who appreciated his perspective, but the law students that spoke to the CBC felt differently.

h/t Kevin B.

Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?

Man convicted of aiming vehicle at police officer;

Arcand served as FSIN vice-chief in charge of the justice portfolio from 1991 to 1996. He also represented Saskatchewan on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and chaired the 2012 Saskatchewan First Nation Winter Games. He’s been inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and was named Prince Albert Citizen of the Year in 1994.

h/t Larry

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