Comment 43790

By dazed and confused (anonymous) | Posted July 21, 2010 at 15:09:07


I think the land claim issue should work faster but I think the idea needs to be rethought as well. I mean smaller independant reserves for the various first nations do not work well and are dependant on the federal government and therefore the desires of whater regime happens to be in power. Yet at the same time bringing everyone together under one rule will never work as it will be opposed by the First Nations people. If non-native Canada were to pay up for stolen land though, it would go bankrupt. So how do we fix this?

On a side note, while I have met many great first nations people, I have tried on several occasions to bring local first nation knowledge to bear on issue which would benefit from this input and would even effect them as the issues affect all who live here but aside from looking at me like I am crazy or dismissive as they believe I am up to something bad, I never get anywhere. I have even been involved in local native issues but have always felt I was held at arm's length and that my contribution was less due to my ancestry.

I think at a Hamilton level there is a great wealth of knowledge and expertise among Hamilton First nations people but I see little integration with the rest of the community. And if my experience is any indicator it is because they want to live here but have little to do with the rest of us. By integration I do not mean assimilation or anything that drastic just various local communities working together.

I think if more people understood each other among those they lived, it would be easier to enact change on a larger scale.

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