Robert Lovelace

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[Raven2]

yeh, or some such weirdness

[Ric_Richardson]

Tansi;

The CAP has been making very serious attempts at finding ways to represent non-status Indians, who do not qualify for either C-31 Status or as Metis.  In the most recent federal election, the CAP actually publicly threw their support behind the Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper.

I do not personally know of the leadership or goals of the CAP (Congress of Aboriginal Peoples), but am concerned about any attempts to destroy what has been accomplished by recognized Aboriginal people, after several generations of struggle.  As one of the first things that the present Conservative govt. did, upon being elected, was to scrap the Kelowna Accord, I am certain that the "New" government is not working toward the implentation of policies which will work toward resolving the injustices of the past, or the inequity that exists.

With the recent apology about the Residential schools, all parties were in unanimous support of the apology.  We will have to wait to see what the future brings, as a result of the apology.

It will be interesting to watch the developments!

Ric

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[Raven2]

It should be noted that not only did the Wendat not get totally destroyed, but TMK (to my understanding) they made an agreement with Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk Nation) that they would be the caretakers of the land they were leaving, as a condition of their leaving. The Mohawks had defeated the Wendat in a large battle; they were forced to leave, mostly by the settler governments, again, TMK. So that's why now, today, and since then, is it considered Mohawk land, because it is. On the reclamationinfo.com forum, I asked one of the members to clarify what territory that is, and he did a good job of doing that. Just search for "one bowl two spoons" over there, and you'll see that.

Not only are we not extinct - I have some distant Wendat ancestry, like a few hundred years, heh - but we're still around; some of my Wendat friends would also be very angry at that statement nighthawk posted for us.

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[Raven2]

exactly.

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[PATRICK LAVALLEY]

I read the MNN article written by Kahn-Tineta Horn of February 2008. What no one here has yet to uncover in their prosecution of Robert Lovelace is that Kahn-Tineta retracted her statement in a 2009 press release. I know this because in a previous occupation I was responsible for archiving all incoming news, political, environmental and legal documents incoming to my First Nation's Band Office. I read her retraction. I think just because someone jumps up and down with wild accusations doesn't make them true. I have met Kahn-Tineta Horn in the early 1990s when she closed the organization she founded the 'Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native People' C.A.S.N.P. in Toronto. In her accusation she accused Nishnawbeg People of stealing or misappropriating claims to Hodenosaunee territory. While I applaud her gusto (and her grassroots politics of the 80s and 90s), she jumped the shark with her total ignorance of non-Onkwehonwe Bands, Nishnawbeg and Lenape history. Again, I applaud her being on the front-lines and speaking her mind on political issues, but she needs a history lesson or ten before she goes off on Nishnawbe Bands and their struggles with Canada. Canadian politicians have the luxury of acknowledging only the leaders who will bend to their greed. Bob Lovelace is someone who wont and like the Kitchikunekusib Inniniwuk and the Lubicon Cree, Canada will arrest anyone who gets in their way.

Let's try to be careful who we accuse of what.