Day of Recognition

Two things, Pittsburgh Penguins won, which is a surprise considering how they got slaughtered in the first two games. The point is how an environment clearly makes a difference to anyone’s success. Pittsburgh could not do anything when they played in Detroit, but when they went back to play in their home town things miraculously changed. Environment obviously changes things, and it does not matter who you are.
Now you take Native people and self-government, their greatest success might only come in their own environment. It is not about harming Canada; it is about giving people who have had little chance at success and giving them that opportunity to succeed. It’s a no-brainer, once again.
There was a march here in Regina, a protest for recognition. The relationship between the government and First Nations people and more specifcally how the government treats its First Nations people, was under question. It is sad that native people have to establish their voice, when it should have come uncontested especially living in a grand and free country. But the turn-out for this protest was something else, it seems the wheels are turning and we are not getting any further. Public indifference will play against any progress native people make. It’s like living two lives, the two faces of Canada, one says we are a rich and progressive country, that is getting richer; but the other face of Canada, says poverty and its undesired life is still intact for native people, Macleans magazine can attest to that. Who cares about the underprivileged when progress is in place? In that case the public will always act the way they always acted and that is to overlook natives for the country's all impending progress. Justice will never reside in Canada until it changes it relationship with its native people.
In the end, Canada is only just as good as its native people.

Our God is an Awesome God

Things may come and go, you might be down and even feel you are out, you might be strolling through tough times, hard things may be in your path, but there is always one thing we can do and that is praise God!

Catching up

Greetings
So I did it, I will graduate, this fall. Yahoo!
I haven't written in awhile, but my passion is still there. The last post had some interesting perspectives happening. I actually submitted this article to a local paper. It seems they can not create a negative angle, or they want to make me out to be the hash person. But it is kinda hard to be nice to any racist attitude out there. Racism is serious and no amount of kind words will ever deter such a henious way and therefore make that meaningful change. Politics is just as important when it comes to native people, it is the umbilical cord, so to speak, and so therefore it is very important as to what we are attached to.
Talk about polarities, racism is a harsh reality and politics is a positive initiative. So sometimes native reality is about the good, the bad and the ugly.
I am so beside myself, after listening to that radio program about how the chiefs wanted to reinstate Ahenekew, the point to me was how the public wanted to come in so quickly to dominate native people once again. The worst part was where the chiefs were called stupid, by the host. I would have thought there was a defamation suit on its way. All that did happen was the Chiefs were put on the defensive. Moreover, there was a young guy, just recently, that meet with an unfortunate circumstance, his children died in his care, and he is now being charged. (see: http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/index.html ) Half the community believe he shouldn't be charged, they think he will bare the consequences the rest of his life. But you see, folks often care deeply for their own people: That's a no-brainer.
If anything, outside judgments are often devoid of compassion. Native people in this particular case will often go gainst public opinion, which is nothing more than outside domination with no compassion. Native people must see that they will more than often, never be held highly for their opinion, it is convention, it is how things work.

Anyways thats my criticism for today, and I guess that is all for now.