I mean, yeah, every plot of land was “stolen” from another group throughout history. Even going back to before Homo sapiens, and most certainly between indigenous tribes.
Fortunately, Canada has acknowledged our history, and has been in the position to give back and support our first nations throughout the years.
More work needs to be done, for sure, but this doesn’t diminish Canada in any way.
This colonizer horse shit ignores the fact that the people you stole the land from are still here.
Yeah, so I have relatives with first nation blood, so I won’t own your toxic comment.
Where’s the repairations?
Without knowing what you consider to be important, the Government of Canada has helped to fund quite a few projects to help our indigenous people: Healthcare, infrastructure, social assistance, clean water, trade, business and economic growth within their communities, etc.
Hundreds of millions are spent each year to ensure that we do what’s right.
We’ve settled land claims (with more to come), and have worked to protect first nation culture and languages.
There’s always more to be done, and as I mentioned, Canada acknowledges that this is still a work in progress.
I’m very curious about what you would like to see happen.
Do you want to deport all black people to Africa and all white people to Europe, or are you presuming that Indigenous would freely decide to host all of you on their land indefinitely?
I would like to see settler-colonial governments abolished, settler wealth redistributed, and for settlers to betray whiteness/colonialism and join indigenous resistance to ultimately live side-by-side with indigenous people as equals.
Black people are not settlers. It’s not like their ancestors came here to invade and colonize the land and it’s not like they have generational wealth from settler-colonialism.
Thanks for answering but this isn’t very clear.I understand you don’t want co-governance, you want Indigenous Sovereignty - but you also want to get to put limits on that sovereignty.
to ultimately live side-by-side with indigenous people as equals.
You seem to want to make Indigenous people give whites and other groups use of the land, water, and other resources.
But under that plan, Indigenous people would also have to be responsible for hosting them and all the labour of governance. They wouldn’t get to evict them.
I wonder what your reaction is to any Indigenous people who would be against limitations to their sovereignty.
My views are shaped heavily by Fanon and the indigenous Algerian struggle against French colonialism.
During the fight for independence from France there were whites that betrayed France to aid the Algerian struggle: hiding Algerian resistance fighters or smuggling guns through check points or staying silent during questioning etc. etc. When white French descendants betrayed France to aid the indigenous resistance, they became Algerian.
When the US and Canada are abolished, it will require whites and other groups to betray whiteness and aid the indigenous struggle. When they do, there won’t be a need to “make” indigenous people give whites and other groups use of the land, because many whites and and other groups will earn their place on the land by aiding the struggle. I’m sure there are individuals who truly do want to kill or expel all white people, but they don’t really represent a significant bloc and aren’t worth discussing seriously.
(It must be said, after Algerian independence the white French descendants mostly fled back to France because most of them didn’t want to betray France to aid Algerian patriots. The same will likely happen in the US and Canada, the whites that refuse to aid in the struggle will flee to whatever European countries will take them because they will not want to live here anymore.)
Assuming that whites are entitled to “become” Indigenous through being an ally is incredibly problematic though.
I mean this gently but I think you need to learn about colonization a lot more broadly. Fanon is a product of his time. I’d encourage you to look at South Africa, India, Zimbabwe, and also pay some attention to contemporary Indigenous activism in settler majority countries where there is often an appetite for separate sovereignty.
I mean, yeah, every plot of land was “stolen” from another group throughout history. Even going back to before Homo sapiens, and most certainly between indigenous tribes.
Fortunately, Canada has acknowledged our history, and has been in the position to give back and support our first nations throughout the years.
More work needs to be done, for sure, but this doesn’t diminish Canada in any way.
This colonizer horse shit ignores the fact that the people you stole the land from are still here. Where’s the repairations?
Yeah, so I have relatives with first nation blood, so I won’t own your toxic comment.
Without knowing what you consider to be important, the Government of Canada has helped to fund quite a few projects to help our indigenous people: Healthcare, infrastructure, social assistance, clean water, trade, business and economic growth within their communities, etc.
Hundreds of millions are spent each year to ensure that we do what’s right.
We’ve settled land claims (with more to come), and have worked to protect first nation culture and languages.
There’s always more to be done, and as I mentioned, Canada acknowledges that this is still a work in progress.
A few government handouts don’t make up for the centuries of superexploitation.
Land back or nothing.
I’m very curious about what you would like to see happen.
Do you want to deport all black people to Africa and all white people to Europe, or are you presuming that Indigenous would freely decide to host all of you on their land indefinitely?
I would like to see settler-colonial governments abolished, settler wealth redistributed, and for settlers to betray whiteness/colonialism and join indigenous resistance to ultimately live side-by-side with indigenous people as equals.
Black people are not settlers. It’s not like their ancestors came here to invade and colonize the land and it’s not like they have generational wealth from settler-colonialism.
Thanks for answering but this isn’t very clear.I understand you don’t want co-governance, you want Indigenous Sovereignty - but you also want to get to put limits on that sovereignty.
You seem to want to make Indigenous people give whites and other groups use of the land, water, and other resources.
But under that plan, Indigenous people would also have to be responsible for hosting them and all the labour of governance. They wouldn’t get to evict them.
I wonder what your reaction is to any Indigenous people who would be against limitations to their sovereignty.
My views are shaped heavily by Fanon and the indigenous Algerian struggle against French colonialism.
During the fight for independence from France there were whites that betrayed France to aid the Algerian struggle: hiding Algerian resistance fighters or smuggling guns through check points or staying silent during questioning etc. etc. When white French descendants betrayed France to aid the indigenous resistance, they became Algerian.
When the US and Canada are abolished, it will require whites and other groups to betray whiteness and aid the indigenous struggle. When they do, there won’t be a need to “make” indigenous people give whites and other groups use of the land, because many whites and and other groups will earn their place on the land by aiding the struggle. I’m sure there are individuals who truly do want to kill or expel all white people, but they don’t really represent a significant bloc and aren’t worth discussing seriously.
(It must be said, after Algerian independence the white French descendants mostly fled back to France because most of them didn’t want to betray France to aid Algerian patriots. The same will likely happen in the US and Canada, the whites that refuse to aid in the struggle will flee to whatever European countries will take them because they will not want to live here anymore.)
Assuming that whites are entitled to “become” Indigenous through being an ally is incredibly problematic though.
I mean this gently but I think you need to learn about colonization a lot more broadly. Fanon is a product of his time. I’d encourage you to look at South Africa, India, Zimbabwe, and also pay some attention to contemporary Indigenous activism in settler majority countries where there is often an appetite for separate sovereignty.