FIRST NATIONS PART B; BLOG NUMBER 2021; FEB. 26,2016

THE MESSAGE:

Aboriginals and their uninformed supporters, as well as politicians seeking votes are calling for a national enquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women. This certainly would result in an unnecessary waste of time and money.

 Here is some data gathered by the NWAC (Native Women’s Association of Canada)

The Association recorded about 582 cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. 

Of these:

• 67% are murder cases (death as the result of homicide or negligence).

• 20% are cases of missing women or girls. 

• 4% are cases of suspicious death—deaths regarded as natural or accidental by police, but considered suspicious by family or community members. 

• 9% are cases where the nature of the case is unknown—it is unclear whether the woman was murdered, is missing or died under suspicious circumstances. 

Here is what we already know According to the RCMP

PUT ON YOUR NON-POLITICAL PANTS AND THINK ABOUT IT!

• There are 6,420 missing persons in Canada.  

• 1,455 are women and out of those 164 are aboriginal.

• 88% of murders of aboriginal women have been solved by police. 

• 89% of murders of non-aboriginal women have been solved by police

• Between 1980 and 2012 there were 20,313 murders in Canada. 

• 6,551 of those victims were women. 

• 1,017 of those were aboriginal women.

• Almost 30% of the 1,017 aboriginal women were murdered by their husbands.

• 23% were murdered by another family member. 

• 30% were murdered by an acquaintance.

• 44% of the family members and acquaintances who kill aboriginal women were drunk.
• 74% of the murderers of aboriginal women are unemployed.

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• 71% of the murderers of aboriginal women already had a criminal record. 
• 53% had been convicted before of a violent crime;
• 62% had a history of violence with the specific murder victim herself.

To be fair, there are some Chiefs and aboriginal communities in this country that are doing well, for various reasons, but much of it has to do with their leadership One such individual is Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia, but no one especially the media and politicians seldom talk about him and his people.

HERE ARE SOME REAL ISSUES:

1. Welfare.  The billions of tax payer dollars that go to support aboriginal people, not only in living expenses but with free education, free medical, no tax payable, etc. This ill-thought-out plan  has crippled, not just aboriginals but many non-aboriginal Canadians for generations. Some would claim that many of them have not worked a day in their lives.

2. Corruption.  As we saw in Part A of the blog on First Nations, many chiefs have no idea how to lead, manage, inspire or teach their people. These selfish individuals take for themselves and their families and friends and seem not to be accountable to anyone but ever critical of Harper's Conservative Government.

3. Alcohol and drug abuse.    Both of these contribute to a) crime rate on reserves, b) a lack of nurtured parenting, c) family violence and d) poverty.

4. A two-tiered justice system. The Canadian system gives aboriginal offenders lighter sentences, or no sentences at all allowing them to return to their communities and continue the abuse against the same aboriginal women again and again. This often results in many deaths (as evidenced by the 83% who were murdered by their husbands, a family member or an acquaintance.)

5. Sex Trafficking.  Human trafficking by native gangs is costing aboriginal people their lives according to Rose Henry, a First Nations educator in Victoria. “This should be raising alarm bells. But people are choosing not to be aware because it also brings cultural shame on the indigenous people.” It is impossible to gauge the full extent of sex trafficking in Canada – the crime is underreported, and many victims don’t realize that is what has happened to them.

6. Bleeding hearts.  They feel the shame and pain and declare "It is inconceivable that we, as a country, allow this situation to continue". We urgently need to acknowledge the systemic aspect of this crisis instead of ignoring or dismissing it." The battle begins at home! Until this battle is won, the crisis will go on.

OPINIONS ON THE ABORIGINAL PROBLEMS. FIRST NATIONS???

FROM THE CALGARY SUN.

Giving the aboriginals more of Canadian taxpayer dollars is NOT going to fix this problem! 

1. This land does not belong to them and they never were a 'Nation'. These people's ancestors did not just appear in North America, magically out of thin air one day 40 or 50,000 years ago. They came in waves across the land/ice bridge from Asia . What's more, these waves, in many cases, were not related groups of people. They came from various places around North Eastern Asia and were from different genetic strains. In other words the "natives of North America " are not a homogenous group of people and more importantly...they are immigrants too. Like millions of immigrants today.

2. The idea that the "natives" were peaceful caretakers of the land or benevolent tenants couldn't be further from the truth. The various tribes right across Canada warred on each other constantly. They were violent. Want proof? Ask the Hurons ... oh, that's right you can't. The Iroquios wiped them out.

How about slavery that was rife among all the first nation tribes until the Europeans came and freed the slaves and put an end to this "valued cultural tradition". Is slavery peaceful and humane?

3. The idea that we "stole" this land from them is also ridiculous. A more technologically advanced and numerous culture invaded and conquered. This is exactly what has been happening since the dawn of humanity all around the globe. To say we "stole" their lands is just plain wrong. That is akin to saying the Saxons should return England to the Angles. Or maybe we should launch a campaign to have the Roman descendants give Italy back to the Etruscans.

4. It is a nonsensical notion driven by the politically correct bleeding hearts, some intellectually deficient politicians and via pressure on the Government from lobbying groups. Also by the Indian people. It will continue to cost this country needless and wasted billions until we get some backbone and turn off the taps.

THE QUESTIONS: 

Are FIRST NATIONS responsible enough to look after themselves and efficiently spend the billions that tax payers give them?
WHAT ARE YOUR REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE REAL ISSUES?

THE ANSWER: 

The only way to fix this situation is to bring them into the Canadian  Society as equals. Do away with the Department of Indian Affairs. No more handouts to chiefs! No more free rides! No more special status! Remove the words 'NATIVE LAND' from the anthem. No more Treaties!

THE LEMON:

To Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, is giving a presentation at an upcoming meeting of chiefs on the idea of a new organization. He wants treaty agreements to be front and centre of discussions with the federal government and is worried that too often the issue gets folded in with other items.

THE QUOTE:

"WE ARE CANADA"- Ynot Iniroif

THE CLIP: