Don't Get Too Cocky Paleface...

...the Warriors Society Still Control Caledonia!

Ontario's Mohawk Justice System Loses Another Round - Charges dropped against white folk charged with being white folk

CAYUGA Law and order activist Gary McHale is planning another protest at the scene of a six-year-old native occupation in Caledonia after trespassing charges were dropped against the so-called Caledonia Eight for entering the property last year.The charges against the eight, including McHale, were dropped Friday afternoon by the Crown when the group made their second appearance in court in regards to the Dec. 3 protest.
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Holy Cow! Sanity And Common Sense Infect Yukon Judical System...

John A. Macdonald's promise to natives not binding, court rules
Canada’s First Nations cannot impose a modern notion of legal rights onto promises of the distant past to force land-claim settlements, a Yukon court ruled

You gotta hand it to the Indians: they DO use every part of the welfare check

I Don't Think Any Of My Ancestors Met Any Indians...

Native protesters dig up the road in front of their barricade as violence breaks out between white residents, native protesters and the OPP at the barricade in Caledonia in 2006. ...so hopefully they will not be the lynchpin that drives the discussions and concessions will not be made on anything they are falsely accussed of doing.

There is hope for Canada’s First Nations

Ken Coates and Greg Poelzer: Harper’s meetings this week with First Nations leaders have a quiet urgency about them. It has been a long while since there was a First Nations meeting of this importance.

John Ivison: Pragmatic PM looks ahead as Chiefs air old grievances

The Crown-First Nations gathering in Ottawa was a classic example of a failure to communicate.
Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and National Chief Shawn Atleo recognized the history of Canada’s relations with its First Nations as a register of crimes and misfortunes. Both paid lip-service to the idea of unlocking the potential of aboriginal Canadians.
But they talked past each other when it came to moving forward.
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Matt Gurney: A native uprising isn’t likely, but it’s possible
Led by a charismatic young leader, small groups of natives strike a series of Canadian military bases and launch terrorist attacks in major Canadian cities. While the numerically tiny and underequipped Canadian Army scrambles to respond, a second wave of attacks by native insurgents bring Canada’s petroleum industry and electrical generation capability to a halt, causing economic disruption and blackouts in the United States. Eventually, the U.S. mounts a major military incursion into Canadian territory to restore order and stabilize their own economy.
That is all confined to fiction — namely, Canadian military expert Douglas Bland’s 2010 novel Uprising. But while the prospect of a native insurgency in Canada admittedly seems a remote threat, it is a real one, and something that Canadian strategic planners, who plan for pretty much every scenario, must consider.
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If You Are Italian, Chinese, Et Al The Police Are Breaking Down Your Door But...

Native gambling

...and we won't even touch on illegal cigarette sales, probably drug smuggling, etc.

This Justice Failure Is Going From Ridiculous To Sublime...

IMHOIMHO the warrior on the left represents the majority of Canadians and many members of the "First Nations!" How much support was he given? Virtually none and Caledonia is the result.

Caledonia proves some criminals are more equal than others
Rex Murphy: Justice is not, as the maxim has it, blind. Not in Canada, at least. Lady Justice very definitely peeps out from under the blindfold when it comes to certain groups

Bottom Line...They Are Winning...

OPP Comforting Native Lawbreakers

Court decision points at OPP’s failure in Caledonia
Christie Blatchford: There are so many aspects to the tragi-comedy which got its start in the Ontario town of Caledonia that only the obsessed can keep up with it all

Injustice at Caledonia
Brian Lilley

Volunteers Helping The Victims In Caledonia...

...are more likely to be arrested than praised or thanked!

Volunteer group flying to Attawapiskat with relief supplies

The bad logic behind light sentence in Caledonia
Christie Blatchford: When a young native man, Richard Smoke, was sentenced to less than two years for a near-fatal beating, it had the flavour of the person who kills his parents then seeks the mercy of the court as an orphan

National Post editorial board: More injustice from Caledonia

Native attacker given reduced sentence for ‘vicious’ Caledonia assault

Shame! Shame! Shame!

...where is the outcry from the bleeding heart, leftwing social in-activists? Obiously marching and cheering behind the banner of the storm troopers of those who benefit from a two tier anarchy.

National Post editorial board: More injustice from Caledonia
National Post Editorial Board Dec 27, 2011 – 6:03 PM ET

The Liberal government of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has been rightly criticized for allowing race-based policing to prevail during the native occupation of a land development site near the town of Caledonia, Ont. After natives forced construction activity to stop in a new housing development adjacent to Six Nations land in 2006, native activists also set up blockades on both public and private property. The native protesters were able to act with impunity while the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) concerned themselves with “peacekeeping.” Non-native Ontarians, however, including local residents, still found themselves subject to the law as per normal.
It was a disgraceful period in Ontario’s history. Unfortunately, as a recent criminal case related to the occupation reveals, it is clear that race-based justice remains the norm — for proof, one need look no further than the absurdly light sentence meted out to the native man who beat Sam Gualtieri nearly to death. Read More »

When the State gives any group special status to ‘keep the peace,’ violence is always the result.
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

ANY group. Always.

Canadian Justice System An Ass...

Family outraged by reduced sentence for aboriginal man in ‘vicious’ Caledonia assault
For beating a non-native builder to within an inch of his life during the fiery native occupation in nearby Caledonia, a young aboriginal man was sentenced to less than two years in jail, plus time served

As the Caledonian occupation comes to a close in court, its issues linger

Culture of racism behind beating of non-native builder by Caledonia activist: lawyer

Another Feather In McGoonty's Hat...

As the Caledonian occupation comes to a close in court, its issues linger
Years after the height of the fiery native occupation in Caledonia, tensions over the still-occupied site are set to flare again as non-native activists promised to march onto the site to raise a Canadian flag

Culture of racism behind beating of non-native builder by Caledonia activist: lawyer

Caledonia assault sentencing not a platform, judge warns

...all of the failures in Ontario get the media attention while the following is just a filler

B.C. First Nation buys ownership stake in Enbridge pipeline

The Vagaries Of Special Status...

...it is verboten for the "white man" to be critical of the actions of his "red brothers" so their actions are overlooked when it comes to outright fraud and theft.

Follow the money to Attawapiskat

Despite gut-wrenching images of Native children in far-off Attawapiskat living in unheated sheds and tents with no electricity and no running water, the tragic situation is largely self-inflicted.

Little hope in Attawapiskat
Christie Blatchford:

I hope they didn’t get used to the parade of media and politicians up there in poor old Attawapiskat, the remote native community on James Bay that has been so much in the news the last while

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence: Help the First Nations move forward

It Is Time To KICK Ass...

Make a choice...

The answer to Attawapiskat is … well, we’ll get back to you

Conditions-in-attawapiskat-can-be-blamed-on-political-correctness

...and Harper should do so when he meets with indian "leaders!"

Counterpoint: For those in Attawapiskat, assimilation isn’t so easy

John Ivison: Attawapiskat’s hardships could be helped by roads

True But Not Only On Reserves...

'Things don't add up' in Attawapiskat: Duncan

Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan says the government has appointed a third-party manager to take over in Attawapiskat because "there are a lot of things that don't add up," such as missing reports and money earmarked for housing that doesn't appear to have been spent. More

Caledonia, G20, Occupy Toronto, Tamil Marches...

...makes it impossible to be critical of Donato's assessment of our "justice" system.

After the plea deal
November 23, 2011
By hussan
On November 22, 2011, 17 people charged as the "G20 Main Conspiracy Group" negotiated a plea resolution to our charges. This is my individual statement on the matter. more

How Canadian!

It is a Canadian tradition...once your foot touchs Canadian soil the first thing on the majority of people's minds is how do they get a place at the trough and how do they play the race/cultural card to get special privileges.

How the O’Learys and 20,000 other Newfoundlanders were declared Mi’kmaq


There are more and more registered Indians in Newfoundland. Not because of migration. But because thousands of people are discovering, or declaring for the first time, that they are Mi’kmaw descendants

McGuinty Raises NEW Ontario Flag...

FOR SALE

Caledonia, the issue that dare not speak its name

Christie Blatchford: An issue which for years obsessed Ontario’s Liberal government and to some degree also its Conservative Opposition — and which remains unresolved — has utterly dropped off the political and public radar

Man convicted of attacking builder during Caledonia land dispute

National Post editorial board: The shame of Caledonia continues

Will Tories Get Praise And Kudos...

...not bloody likely! There are too many in the indian community who feed at the trough.

Reform of aboriginal land claims Tory success story
John Ivison: By any measure, reform of the specific claims process has been one of the Conservative government’s success stories since coming to power in 2006

Gettting On The Aboriginal Gravy Train?

Meet Running Bear and Small Warrior (or John and Pauline from Coventry)

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)
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Take The Time Tor Read...

* the future of the next couple of generations of youth are at stake. Remember they are tomorrows leaders.
* we are investing $6B annually with questionable results.

In conversation: Shawn Atleo


On moving beyond residential schools, overcoming cynicism and trusting the Tories

Photograph by Simon Hayter

by Ken MacQueen on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:00am - 1 Comment


AFTER TWO YEARS as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Shawn Atleo is cautiously optimistic about the relationship he is forging with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government. On Tuesday, at the assembly’s annual meeting in Moncton, N.B., he proposed replacing the federal Aboriginal Affairs Department with a system that allows bands more autonomy and lessens the heavy federal intervention required under the Indian Act. “The patterns of the past have to be essentially smashed,” he told Maclean’s. Atleo, a hereditary chief in the tiny B.C. island community of Ahousaht, reads vindication in the recent report by now-retired auditor general Sheila Fraser. It warns, as Atleo and successive national chiefs have said, that the quality of life on reserves is worsening and the existing system of financing and accountability must be overhauled.


Q: The last time we spoke, you called your home community of Ahousaht a microcosm of First Nations across the country. So, how is Ahousaht faring?


A: Oh, it has its struggles, to be frank. They’re working on them, and we’ve got a new generation of leadership coming on.


Q: There were issues of addiction and suicide, and there was an attempt last year to turn to traditional ways to deter drug dealers and chronic offenders. This included the threat of banishment if the offenders didn’t agree to go through treatment and an acculturation process. Has using traditional ways worked?


A: There’s definitely a sense of taking greater control of your life when you don’t leave it up to the [justice] system. I think that’s happened. The community had a referendum on a bylaw to have intoxicants not allowed in the village. And it passed. Council will work closely, not only with the RCMP detachment in the village, but within the traditional governance system. The bigger indications are things like our high school, which is going to be completed by September. There’s community expansion happening. There are eco-tourism ventures that are taking place. We’re seeing the young generation say there’s got to be ways we can support the health, wellbeing and future prosperity of our community. But make no mistake, the underlying struggles, they continue.


Q: There was at Ahousaht, as in many other communities, a legacy of residential schools. How did that impact the lives of people of your generation who didn’t attend such schools?


A: To be very frank, high rates of violence. Deep dysfunction in the community. Deep poverty. A real sense of conflict between the historical ways as well as the modern ways. Overall, I think it helped rob our people of a sense of self-confidence and being confident in our own identities. But it feels like we’re turning the corner to recognizing that none of us set up those systems of residential schools. We didn’t write the Indian Act. The First Nations didn’t, nor did the average Canadian.






Q: June 11 marked the third anniversary of the Prime Minister’s apology for Canada’s residential schools program. How important is that? I’ve heard a lot of noble-sounding words over the years that went nowhere. How do you take it beyond mere words?


A: My late grandmother remarked when we were together at the apology [in the House of Commons], “Grandson, they’re just beginning to see us.” That’s a profound statement for a lot of reasons. She raised 17 kids, all of whom went to residential school. I was the first generation not to in our community and our family. I certainly felt the impact in our community but I didn’t have to face those impacts directly. Her words were also encouraging. They’re about looking forward. She said, “What I realized is that I couldn’t turn this heavy page in a dark chapter of our history. It’s going to take every single one of us. First Nations and Canadians.” If residential schools existed for 150 years under the guise of education—education as a tool of oppression—it makes sense that we turn it around. Like she said, “We no longer fight our fights with our fists. We fight our fights with education.” So chiefs have made education our top priority.


Q: In June there was the release of a profoundly depressing report by now-retired auditor general Sheila Fraser. She looked at 31 audits conducted over 10 years related to Aboriginal programs. She generally found things are getting worse. What are the roots of that failure?


A: The essence of it is still a deep disconnect. She has made it clear, it was actually quite explicit, no longer should we do this any other way except with First Nations working with Canada. What’s implied is that it’s been nothing but unilateral action. First Nations find themselves fighting a status quo that they rejected. This needs to be about joint planning. The Prime Minister and I have had conversations just like that over the course of the last year, both agreeing that we need to bring forward all the resolutions and priorities that the First Nations have developed over the years. We need to bring that together with the government’s thinking and jointly design a set of priorities on how we can make real progress in a short period of time at the front end of the fresh mandate this government has.


Q: A centrepiece of that is the Joint Action Plan you announced last month with Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan. It sets priorities for improving the lot of Aboriginal people: education, accountability, improved negotiation and treaty implementation. Does this signal a new working relationship?


A: I’m really very hopeful that there’s a real commitment behind what I believe are hopeful words in the action plan. Canada, being a relatively young country, is a work in progress. While we look forward we have to bring forward that original treaty relationship. It is important to understand what Canada, and being Canadian, is about. That work in progress includes the need to reconcile those relationships. We need to reach out to the monarchy as well. It all comes down to political will. This is with the Prime Minister himself and Duncan directly. That’s what we’re hoping to do, to elevate it to the political level. We’ve had initiatives down in the bureaucracy and it’s just not done the job.


Q: You’re investing a lot of hope in that relationship with Stephen Harper. Why do you feel he’s committed to this?


A: Coming out of a recession, there’s still a fragile economy. There’s a labour shortage coming in 2017. We’ve got an aging mainstream populace. If we were to close the education and labour market gap in one generation, it could result in $400 billion in additional output to the Canadian economy, and $115 billion in saved government expenditures. So one other aspect I expressed to the Prime Minister is that Canada is, in fact, a successor state and has a responsibility to uphold treaties that were made with First Nations before Canada was even formed. We can’t work in isolation. The status quo has to be significantly changed, and these young people in the communities where I go—where they have no schools, they use slop pails in their homes, they have no running water—they need to see, taste and feel results sooner rather than later. If we can support First Nations and lift them out of these dire situations it’s going to make the country stronger.


Q: In a recent speech you talked about the funding gap between students on reserve and those elsewhere in the country, as much as $2,000 or $3,000 per child. How does that gap affect their education experience?


A: The average kid on reserve does not have access to computers, funds for recreation, funds for teacher training. That gap grows up to $7,000 per child in some parts of the country. We have regions of the country that have about a 28 per cent kindergarten to [Grade] 12 graduation rate. We need 65,000 post-secondary grads to close the gap with the rest of the population.


Q: Annual education spending growth has been capped at two per cent for years.


A: Not only two per cent. But there is no protection for sustainable funding. No equitable funding, which is what we’re pursuing at a minimum, although I think there are strong arguments to be made that we have some real catch-up to do when it comes to education. We have governments say, “We’re putting in all this money and chiefs are unaccountable, [Aboriginal] governments are unaccountable, systems are unaccountable. We’re not going to have you write 100 reports, you’re going to write 200 reports.” The auditor general says First Nations are drowning in a sea of accountability.


Q: What is the role of parental responsibility? When children end up in care, or drop out of school, those problems start at home.


A: What we’ve got to do is put the power and responsibility in the hands of the communities. And that means in the hands of the families.


Q: Does the current system create a kind of learned helplessness and cynicism among your leaders and educators?


A: I think the cynicism is well earned. It’s about lack of trust. Good words over the course of history without the kind of follow-through and action that’s required. Why do we believe we can break this pattern now? Perhaps it’s because we’re reaching out to Canadians and we don’t feel so alone now in this fight. I hope we’re in the kind of tipping point moment that other movements have experienced, whether it’s civil rights, women’s rights, the environmental issues. If this is indeed one of those moments, it would be incumbent on the government to recognize that along with us.

Putting Aside The Human Impact...

...there are 6 billion reasons to get involved and possibly a solution to the "incompotence" of band leaders would have the side effect of giving asistance to the working poor, seniors, etc. who are losing out in this two tier governance.

Christie Blatchford in Hobbema: Where does the money go?



Atleo’s bold call for abolition of the Indian Act requires a bold plan


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National Chief Shawn Atleo’s bold words about repealing the Indian Act and abolishing the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, at the Assembly of First Nations general assembly this week in Moncton, are unfortunately not accompanied by a specific picture of what would replace either of those institutions. Instead, there is a diffuse discussion paper.

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The Indian Act was largely misguided when first enacted in 1876. The series of patchwork amendments over the following 135 years have not turned it into a sound structure. First nations communities might well benefit from greater flexibility and freedom than the Indian Act provides for – in their memberships codes, their forms of self-government, their handling of property rights and many other matters. But the reliance that the discussion paper seems to place on the multiplicity of treaties is not a substitute for a comprehensive framework of some sort.

In any case, there will certainly continue to be fiscal transfers from the federal government to these communities. There needs to be some department or agency, by whatever name, answerable to a cabinet minister and consequently to Parliament, to deal with those transfers and to oversee that spending.

Mr. Atleo wants a government-to-government relationship. The provinces have such a relationship with Ottawa, and there has been a federal minister of intergovernmental affairs for 18 years, though with a secretariat in the Privy Council Office, rather than a full department. Perhaps what Mr. Atleo has in mind would be something analogous.

An entity smaller than a department – or a fragmented set of smaller entities for the delivery of this or that service – might not be an improvement, considering that the needs of first nations communities are so great, and so urgent. The provinces have far more political power vis-à-vis Ottawa, and vastly more revenues of their own than the first nations communities. The breakup of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs could result in a dangerous neglect of aboriginal policy.

The National Chief is a perceptive and thoughtful politician. Mr. Atleo is right that thorough-going change is needed. Canadians would be grateful for a much more clear account of what it is that he wants and what he hopes for.

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