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Clare, a quest4ion about Canada
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 05:21:53 -0400,
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On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 03:48:30 -0400, micky
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Clare, when I listen to As It Happens, it seems to have more news about
indigenous people than the US does, and the tone is different too.
Is there a higher percentage of indigenous people in Canada than in the
US?
Are there more in absolute numbers?
As to the tone, the first t hing to notice is the use of indigenous, and
no squabbling about Indians or Native Americans.
Plus the stories in the US are usually about some crisis.. The stories
on As it Happens are usually about a problem -- almost anything that
makes it to news radio is about a problem -- but problems that somehow
leave the indigenous people looking stronger, afaicr
Tonight the story was about how some international competition, the
World Games, did not want the Iroquois lacrosse team to compete because
they ddin't consider the Iroquois a sovereign nation, but 8 countries,
ending with Ireland**, said they would not compete if the Iroquois
didn't, and the sponsor relented. See what I mean about stories that
show them more respect.
**Actually Ireland withdrew, leaving an empty spot.
From another source:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/i...ames-1.5717395
I can't remember a story like that from the USA.
As per Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
Canada 4.9 % Indigenous = 1.9 m. of pop. 38 m.
USA 1.3 % Native American = 4 m. of 330 m.
That's a lot more in percent, and not so much less in numbers.
Also the Metis are a relatively bigger group in Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9tis
I never heard of Metis. Maybe you mean the NYC baseball team?
Oh, the url says something else.
Canada is dealing with the fallout of the many decades of atrocities
concerning the Indigenous peoples.
Residential schools :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadi..._school_system
The 60's Scoop :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixties_Scoop
Terrible
Systemic racism ; ignoring Treaty Rights ; etc etc
First Nations is also a term used.
John T.
But Canada seems to be trying, and somehow the tone seemed better, at
least on As It Happens.
I read Clare's reply too, but it's not nearby anymore and I can't
remember details.
Thank you both.
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