Wednesday, July 22, 2009

First Nation City Dweller Sums It Up

Choosing a new national chief: I have some concerns
"...the majority of us live off-reserve. In the main, we are urban dwellers more concerned with employment, education, daycare costs and securing adequate housing than treaty rights or land claims.

Most of us never get to speak to a chief. It's taken a horrific amount of wrangling even to allow us a vote in band elections.

And given the often huge geographic distances involved, few of us ever cast that vote.

So the charade that is First Nations representation continues at the national level."
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"I can only see this as a big show being put on for public consumption and I don't want any part of it."
Although I cannot agree with his choice, the whole thing is well worth a read.

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