I woke up with that thought for a title. Reminded of public school days of learning my Indigeneity from red-neck farmer kids and playing sports on 'white' teams. Non-Indigenous people or most Canadians, still pretend to know nothing of Indigenous realities but truth be known, they pick and choose what they need to know and can ignore the rest. This I learned from the non-Indian parents of my "friends" who had very specific rules for my visits, even getting chased out of the house whenever the father came home. He built his empire on indigenous lands but he chose not to see "those filthy people" outside of his business. Takeovers were common on the Saanich Peninsula by leasing, municipalities, the province,and corporations usurping unceded territories. Actions of the colonialist government divided up lands according to department of Indian affairs (DIA) surveyance and agents. Much has since been lost in dividing the WSANEC nation, the actions of DIA over
Indigenous Issues in canada, u.s. and world. Reflections on contemporary and neo-colonial methods of the government. Land and Water is life. The land is the culture. Our children our future.