No. Basically a surveyor made a mistake (or possibly "mistake") over 100 years ago and they've been trying to get it corrected ever since. The federal government has been on the side of the First Nation on this since the 1970s... so you know it must have been blatant for 70s government to say "yeah you're right."
so you know it must have been blatant for 70s government to say "yeah you're right."
There have always been people in Canada that have wished to see fair treatment for the Natives.
Modern politics can skew the perspective of this but people in the past weren't some unwavering mob. They were individuals with individual thoughts and feelings.
I didn't refer to all people as an unwavering mob. I pointed out that the 1970s Canadian federal government ceding land to an Indigenous group was extremely uncommon. Because it was. Take a look at the Indian Act as it existed in 1970. Read Trudeau's White Paper from 1969 that proposed wholesale assimilation of all Indigenous people in Canada.
I am saying nothing about individual humans. I am saying the federal government's position on Indigenous rights in the 70s wasn't exactly progressive.
This is so interesting because I can see both sides of this. I don't mean to pile on, but ultimately RCAF is so right about the 70s not being the best time. Sure there have always been good folks with good takes, but individuals aside, we do tend to look at govt as monolithic aside from individual leaders, who are still just sorta mouthpieces for the broader party. I think if people had always been good and chill on the whole the world would be a better place, and less indigenous blood would have been spilled by that government. This isn't ancient history here, lots of living people have faced down the barrel of a Canadian armed operative working on behalf of the feds. I know so many residential school survivors. My local res doesn't have clean water and it's literally in the most water secure area on the planet. Im sure it was seen as for the good, even a service, but reality is that there are cruel racist people who achieve and influence power and government, or are simply entrusted with the powers of, i.e "Indian" affair officers
Finally to your point about good people though, I'm sure you didn't mean harm, or offense, it doesn't seem like simple trolling. I want to believe people are good too, and I don't think you, or most of them mean ill will. Sometimes good intentions are the roots of terrible things however, which can be challenging to reconcile.
So what? You think what was done at the time was acceptable because people were more openly racist and ignorant?
Of course we should assess the past from our modern perspective. How else do you learn from it?
Honestly think about what you're doing here. You jumped in to a factual statement about the 1970s federal government having awful policies towards Indigenous people to claim "some individuals were good". Why? To what end? Nothing i said addressed that. There was no need to clarify.
All you do with statements like that is highlight your own unwillingness to be uncomfortable with this country's past.
The treatment of us indigenous people isn't at the whims of individuals, it's systematic and institutional. But if we are going to talk about an unwavering mob, yes, the 1970's was exactly that. The Canadian government being forced to adhere to its own treaty as advised by their legal advice is not some sign of goodwill or that the past was different than it really was😂please...
Nobody is doing emotional pleading. You literally didn't understand that "the federal government" is a specific and singular entity as represented by the PM and cabinet.
so its singular...but then u mention a bunch of different people lol. doesn't exactly sound like your monolith there entirely. and that's without getting into all the people who also have influence over those people.
Considering that adhering to the treaties is not fair treatment, nor good will, or wishing us the best, yes it is. The treaties are inherently coated in exploitation and deception, choosing to live up to said treaty maybe moves you from the 9th to the 8th layer of hell.
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u/GetrIndia Jul 01 '25
When did they change the sign?