We mentioned (negatively) Canada several times recently. There are many lessons we can learn (as in “things to avoid”) from our neighbors to the north. This is one.
In the Dominion of Canada, the people we here at TPOL refer to as AmerInd are called First Nations people or Native Canadians – both rather problematic terms. Increasingly we see them called “indigenous” – a term we consider even more derogatory than just plain “Indian.” And as misleading. They have a history of abuse, without question. But so do minorities around the world and throughout history. All things given, though, Canada’s First Nations people suffered a lot less than most.
But…
As in their neighbors to the south, the provinces of Canada are under the thumb of a socialist, even communist, dictator (elected, of course) and a regime of Woke social justice warriors. Even some of the Canadian media admit that Canada, as a nation or confederation, is being destroyed by them. Massive immigration overwhelms the country; their economy is as much a shambles as that of the Fifty States, and the Woke “left” has trashed their societies by attacks on history, values, morality, ethics, and community.
Canada, as much as it actually can be called a nation, and its society and economy are the target of this regime. Actually, a target.
One method of doing this has been incredibly successful. Like the FedGov (DC variety), Ottawa has been condemning and “repenting” and even paying reparations for the century-long boarding school policy for First Nations children. In Canada, this is referred to as the Residential Schools programme. Children of tribal members whose ancestors were in what is now Canada before British and French settlement were placed in schools often far from their homes and families to learn about the “white man’s ways” and the modern world.
As in the States, a huge amount of propaganda has been pushed down everyone’s throats for the last several decades – the latest example being Uncle Joe’s tearful apology for boarding schools made in Arizona a few days ago. As usual, much of that propaganda is agitprop and lies: seeking to motivate AmerInd voters to get out and vote, and demand even more reparations than have already been and are being paid out.
We are not yet experiencing all of the fallout from that in the States as is the case in Canada. Among those effects in Canada is the highly symbolic arson attacks on churches across Canada: more than 100 in fact. (Including at least 24 in which their meetinghouses have been burnt to the ground.) These, which Trudeau called ‘understandable’, accompanied a wave of statue toppling of Canadian founders such as Sir John A. Macdonald (and Queen Victoria). These were motivated by progressive/Tranzi myths about the churches’ role in the country’s Residential Schools.
As in the States, we know that there was mistreatment of the tribal nations’ children at these schools. But by 21st-century standards, many students at all sorts of schools were mistreated and abused: a fact in England and many of the United States. (See Dickens’ novels, for one.) Children perceived as “different” (language, skin color, clothing, religious beliefs) have been and still are mistreated in all kinds of government-run, tax-supported schools. (Even when the government is running them second-hand through religious or charitable “non-governmental” organizations.)
In Canada, public and school records show that tribal children who attended Residential Schools had significantly lower mortality rates from infectious diseases than their peers who remained on reserve (as Canada calls their Indian Reservations). Documentary evidence demonstrates that children were not removed from reserves without parental consent. Aspirational native parents sought to have such schools constructed and wanted their children to attend. Many who attended spoke positively of their experience. The evidence also does not back up accusations that the schools were designed to erase the culture of First Nations people.
The charge that children were killed or placed in ‘mass graves’ by those who ran the schools has no basis in documentary or forensic records. Rather, it is based on selective oral testimony and ignores the considerable monetary and identity incentives shaping the narrative of plaintiffs, white progressive allies, and well-paid lawyers. Recently, the Canadian government forked over a whopping Cdn$2.8 billion to atone for their claims. The notion that residential schools amounted to a form of ‘genocide’ is based on misinformation and an abuse of the English language, but this did not stop the entire political and media establishment from endorsing the lie. Telling such truths is smeared as ‘denialism’ by woke elites, and seemingly mindless (or brainwashed) zealots among them are trying to criminalize it.
The same thing is being pushed in the States. We must learn from Canada’s mistakes and keep this from happening. Whether it is reparations or LandBack movements, or more stupid (and hysterical) apologies like Uncle Joe’s, all this does is work to tear down our society and damage our economy. And indirectly, make life more miserable for those people enrolled in AmerInd tribes and especially those living in the social environment of the Reservations.
About TPOL Nathan
Follower of Christ Jesus (a christian), Pahasapan (resident of the Black Hills), Westerner, Lover of Liberty, Free-Market Anarchist, Engineer, Army Officer, Husband, Father, Historian, Writer, Evangelist. Successor to Lady Susan (Mama Liberty) at TPOL.
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Canada’s lessons for these Fifty States – AmerInd
We mentioned (negatively) Canada several times recently. There are many lessons we can learn (as in “things to avoid”) from our neighbors to the north. This is one.
In the Dominion of Canada, the people we here at TPOL refer to as AmerInd are called First Nations people or Native Canadians – both rather problematic terms. Increasingly we see them called “indigenous” – a term we consider even more derogatory than just plain “Indian.” And as misleading. They have a history of abuse, without question. But so do minorities around the world and throughout history. All things given, though, Canada’s First Nations people suffered a lot less than most.
But…
As in their neighbors to the south, the provinces of Canada are under the thumb of a socialist, even communist, dictator (elected, of course) and a regime of Woke social justice warriors. Even some of the Canadian media admit that Canada, as a nation or confederation, is being destroyed by them. Massive immigration overwhelms the country; their economy is as much a shambles as that of the Fifty States, and the Woke “left” has trashed their societies by attacks on history, values, morality, ethics, and community.
Canada, as much as it actually can be called a nation, and its society and economy are the target of this regime. Actually, a target.
One method of doing this has been incredibly successful. Like the FedGov (DC variety), Ottawa has been condemning and “repenting” and even paying reparations for the century-long boarding school policy for First Nations children. In Canada, this is referred to as the Residential Schools programme. Children of tribal members whose ancestors were in what is now Canada before British and French settlement were placed in schools often far from their homes and families to learn about the “white man’s ways” and the modern world.
As in the States, a huge amount of propaganda has been pushed down everyone’s throats for the last several decades – the latest example being Uncle Joe’s tearful apology for boarding schools made in Arizona a few days ago. As usual, much of that propaganda is agitprop and lies: seeking to motivate AmerInd voters to get out and vote, and demand even more reparations than have already been and are being paid out.
We are not yet experiencing all of the fallout from that in the States as is the case in Canada. Among those effects in Canada is the highly symbolic arson attacks on churches across Canada: more than 100 in fact. (Including at least 24 in which their meetinghouses have been burnt to the ground.) These, which Trudeau called ‘understandable’, accompanied a wave of statue toppling of Canadian founders such as Sir John A. Macdonald (and Queen Victoria). These were motivated by progressive/Tranzi myths about the churches’ role in the country’s Residential Schools.
As in the States, we know that there was mistreatment of the tribal nations’ children at these schools. But by 21st-century standards, many students at all sorts of schools were mistreated and abused: a fact in England and many of the United States. (See Dickens’ novels, for one.) Children perceived as “different” (language, skin color, clothing, religious beliefs) have been and still are mistreated in all kinds of government-run, tax-supported schools. (Even when the government is running them second-hand through religious or charitable “non-governmental” organizations.)
In Canada, public and school records show that tribal children who attended Residential Schools had significantly lower mortality rates from infectious diseases than their peers who remained on reserve (as Canada calls their Indian Reservations). Documentary evidence demonstrates that children were not removed from reserves without parental consent. Aspirational native parents sought to have such schools constructed and wanted their children to attend. Many who attended spoke positively of their experience. The evidence also does not back up accusations that the schools were designed to erase the culture of First Nations people.
The charge that children were killed or placed in ‘mass graves’ by those who ran the schools has no basis in documentary or forensic records. Rather, it is based on selective oral testimony and ignores the considerable monetary and identity incentives shaping the narrative of plaintiffs, white progressive allies, and well-paid lawyers. Recently, the Canadian government forked over a whopping Cdn$2.8 billion to atone for their claims. The notion that residential schools amounted to a form of ‘genocide’ is based on misinformation and an abuse of the English language, but this did not stop the entire political and media establishment from endorsing the lie. Telling such truths is smeared as ‘denialism’ by woke elites, and seemingly mindless (or brainwashed) zealots among them are trying to criminalize it.
The same thing is being pushed in the States. We must learn from Canada’s mistakes and keep this from happening. Whether it is reparations or LandBack movements, or more stupid (and hysterical) apologies like Uncle Joe’s, all this does is work to tear down our society and damage our economy. And indirectly, make life more miserable for those people enrolled in AmerInd tribes and especially those living in the social environment of the Reservations.
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About TPOL Nathan
Follower of Christ Jesus (a christian), Pahasapan (resident of the Black Hills), Westerner, Lover of Liberty, Free-Market Anarchist, Engineer, Army Officer, Husband, Father, Historian, Writer, Evangelist. Successor to Lady Susan (Mama Liberty) at TPOL.