Leech River Welfare Dilemma

My thoughts about this situation are that Marvin Redstone, the band manager is stuck between a rock and a hard place.  In my views he still is the right person to make the best solution because his main objective is the children and their future.  He is contemplating and putting much thought into his decision and is trying to come up with the best outcome to the whole situation, the right and best solution possible for everyone that is involved.  The children, the candidates and the chief and the members will all be affected by his decision and to the best of his ability he will not be able to please everyone but will put up a fight doing so. 

                Each candidate makes a good choice but they all have their pros and cons about the whole situation.  Sally Northwind has experience with on the job training but is it proper training?  Mike Bluesky has conflict of interest but he has the education.  Lucy Bearcat has the experience but she was caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance

In the year 1990 in the village of Oka, Quebec a confrontation began between the Mohawks and the Quebec police and the Canadian army.  The confrontation lasted quite a significant amount of days.  Once again the Mohawks stood their grounds to protect their land and all the promises that were made to them.  The Mohawks barricaded themselves in their land and fought to protect their land.   The government overreact and didn’t know how to handle the situation.  The standoff lasted 78 days and the whole purpose was an Aboriginal struggle against the government once again.

This was an informative video and I enjoyed very much.  The situation was very concerning to think this situation only happened years ago and could happen again in the near future.  I hope the government learned how to handle the crisis they made for themselves.  From my point of view the Mohawks had every right to protect what was theirs in the beginning.

Is the Crown at War With Us?

Mi’gmaq the largest tribe in New Brunswick were naturally born fisherman part of their history and their heritage were at war with the federal fishery officers for their rights to fish in their own territory of Esgenoopetitj or what now is called Burnt Church, New Brunswick.  The government were attacking the citizens of this community for knowing their rights, protecting their rights and exercising their rights “Fighting for what’s already theirs”.  The incident of this ongoing battle lasted nine years to where the Mi’gmaq tribe still got the short end of the stick.  The tribe and the government settled in the year of 2002.  The settlement still was monetary and only 34 licenses for the band to fish commercially.

Honour Of The Crown

Thebatthi (Chipewyan) people located in Northern Alberta were in an ongoing struggle with the Canadian government to reclaim nine tracts of land and fight for compensation for what was ready theirs in the treaty that was signed in 1899.  The treaty would protect the land, As long as the river flows and the grass grows.  Francois Paulette has fought a quarter of his life for this right.  Dedicated he was he succeeded 100 years and 2 months after Squirrel the chief at the time when the treaty was signed.  The received the nine tracts of land and 33 million in compensation.

Dancing Around the Table

The title of the film suited exactly what the film was about.  The leaders went to the conference not willing or not knowing what the leaders of Kingcomb wanted.  It seemed that the premiers of our provinces went their totally unprepared and not willing to change a thing.  Wasted time and money.  At the beginning of the film the premiers seemed disrespectful and towards the end a little understanding.  Progressed slowly unlike the whole conference.