Thank you for sharing your story and helping us as a community reflect on how we can approach reconciliation, through recognition of the problem (as a Canadian problem), deconstruction of the systemic factors that perpetuate the harms we continue to see in our communities, and reconstruction of a community that better provides for our children, where respect of Indigenous People's self-determination is recognized and supported. I look forward to your continued leadership in the Edmonton area as our elected representative in the Federal Government. Congratulations and thank you for being such a strong and vibrant voice for reconciliation.
Now I know why our family’s are so lost.... I ‘m Métis & never knew it... since both my parents have passed on to the spirit world I’ve been doing research & WOW now I understand why Our Name has been changed so many different ways... & why everything was hush hush😢😢😢😢Proud to be who I am... I am enough ✊❤️🔥
I'm Metis too. I didn't learn til last year (I'm 31) that my ancestors were victims of some of the policies - my great grandmother lost status for marrying a white man but she was only 13 and abused, and residential schools. It made me contextualize our own upbringing and the veiled pain that my family carries.
Alberta Children's Services took a lot of our Metis children & babies during the 60's scoop. We also suffered through the birth alert system and the Indian Hospital and forced sterilization. We suffered so much. But, I'm not a victim. I'm so much more. We are a strong and resilient peoples. We will survive the next 150 years. I too am Metis and I'm registered now despite Alberta Children's Services saying I was not Metis. It took me 67 years but I never let them win.
I might even be related to Blake, anyhow my family got script land way back in the day and white folk were supposed to not be allowed buy it, but they lost it to the government anyhow and it is now ocupied by white people more then a hundred years later! In the area's of which they once lived white folk came in and opened stores because they had the money to do so, the story is that those same folk wore cloths made in New York and drove Lincolns down the road on their way to Winnipeg or Regina! There is and was no answer to theft via the Government turning the other way but Aboriginal and Metis are still here maybe Ottowa regrets that too because they will not make a finale agreement on what is Metis! On my familys land there was found oil as well as potash, maybe the oil company and Ottawa knew that way back then!
One thing that native people across the continent should stop calling themselves is Indians, you are not from India, you are the true Americans. Second, Blake Desjarlais, is a CANADIAN, he should not make a difference calling himself only indigenous and call those 96 % of immigrants "Canadians" and on top of that have an apologetic attitude almost fearful, wake up, you as a native are the CANADIAN yes, with capital letters!
We call ourselves Cree, Ojibway, Sioux.... Indian is a term on my government ID European's named us. I assume people from India would understand what European influence means.
I try to say "First Nations" when I'm talking about all the indigenous communities, but it's always better to do as you say @Diamonds Finest, and name the precise nation when talking about a community in particular. And the name "Canadian" is also very controversial to me but for different reasons. "Canadiens" was the name given to the people of French descent established in the "Canada" region, a part of New France. Those people were not French anymore, they were "Canadiens", "Canayens", French creoles. "Canadiens" has spreaded in North America (look at all the french names in the American toponymy). This name was later taken by British-Americans and other people who came to settle in what is modern-day Canada. That cultural appropriation forced "Canadiens" to call themselves "French-Canadians". The irony today is that a lot of Québécois refuse to say that they are Canadians, when, in fact, they totally are "Canadiens", following the first acceptance of the word. The cultural bonds between "Canadiens" and First Nations are deep, as the Métis Nation shows.
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Thank you for sharing your story and helping us as a community reflect on how we can approach reconciliation, through recognition of the problem (as a Canadian problem), deconstruction of the systemic factors that perpetuate the harms we continue to see in our communities, and reconstruction of a community that better provides for our children, where respect of Indigenous People's self-determination is recognized and supported.
I look forward to your continued leadership in the Edmonton area as our elected representative in the Federal Government. Congratulations and thank you for being such a strong and vibrant voice for reconciliation.
Reconciliation from what?
Blake my colleague you are true leader . Takes strength and courage to do what you do for our Metis people.
Now I know why our family’s are so lost.... I ‘m Métis & never knew it... since both my parents have passed on to the spirit world I’ve been doing research & WOW now I understand why Our Name has been changed so many different ways... & why everything was hush hush😢😢😢😢Proud to be who I am... I am enough ✊❤️🔥
I'm Metis too. I didn't learn til last year (I'm 31) that my ancestors were victims of some of the policies - my great grandmother lost status for marrying a white man but she was only 13 and abused, and residential schools.
It made me contextualize our own upbringing and the veiled pain that my family carries.
@@Erin-S veiled pain is a good description - that resonates with me also.
@@lisastephen8540 I dont get it.
The newer generations of First Nations, Inuits, And Metis are coming together more
Extremely moving and informative; Mr. Desjarlais' proposal is very powerful and eye-opening.
Alberta Children's Services took a lot of our Metis children & babies during the 60's scoop. We also suffered through the birth alert system and the Indian Hospital and forced sterilization. We suffered so much. But, I'm not a victim. I'm so much more. We are a strong and resilient peoples. We will survive the next 150 years. I too am Metis and I'm registered now despite Alberta Children's Services saying I was not Metis. It took me 67 years but I never let them win.
very informative
honest, usa must do this.
Reconciliation from what?
I might even be related to Blake, anyhow my family got script land way back in the day and white folk were supposed to not be allowed buy it, but they lost it to the government anyhow and it is now ocupied by white people more then a hundred years later! In the area's of which they once lived white folk came in and opened stores because they had the money to do so, the story is that those same folk wore cloths made in New York and drove Lincolns down the road on their way to Winnipeg or Regina! There is and was no answer to theft via the Government turning the other way but Aboriginal and Metis are still here maybe Ottowa regrets that too because they will not make a finale agreement on what is Metis! On my familys land there was found oil as well as potash, maybe the oil company and Ottawa knew that way back then!
One thing that native people across the continent should stop calling themselves is Indians, you are not from India, you are the true Americans. Second, Blake Desjarlais, is a CANADIAN, he should not make a difference calling himself only indigenous and call those 96 % of immigrants "Canadians" and on top of that have an apologetic attitude almost fearful, wake up, you as a native are the CANADIAN yes, with capital letters!
We call ourselves Cree, Ojibway, Sioux.... Indian is a term on my government ID European's named us. I assume people from India would understand what European influence means.
I try to say "First Nations" when I'm talking about all the indigenous communities, but it's always better to do as you say @Diamonds Finest, and name the precise nation when talking about a community in particular. And the name "Canadian" is also very controversial to me but for different reasons. "Canadiens" was the name given to the people of French descent established in the "Canada" region, a part of New France. Those people were not French anymore, they were "Canadiens", "Canayens", French creoles. "Canadiens" has spreaded in North America (look at all the french names in the American toponymy). This name was later taken by British-Americans and other people who came to settle in what is modern-day Canada. That cultural appropriation forced "Canadiens" to call themselves "French-Canadians". The irony today is that a lot of Québécois refuse to say that they are Canadians, when, in fact, they totally are "Canadiens", following the first acceptance of the word. The cultural bonds between "Canadiens" and First Nations are deep, as the Métis Nation shows.