Native History

This is the article printed in the Nanaimo News this week that has  created a big response by local first nations and an apology from the  paper.. 
   
    It  was only 12,000 years ago, or less and this should  be  considered:
   In  all those years they
-  Never “discovered” the wheel -  Never had a written language -  Never discovered astronomy -  Had no science or scientific   discoveries -  Had no mathematics -  Made no medical discoveries -  Never had written music -  Only “figured out” a drum and a rattle for musical   instruments -  Had no metallurgy -  Had no sails for boats (only had   canoes) -  Created virtually no mechanical devices -  Possessed almost nothing that required hard manual labour  over a period  of time ie: building with or carving out of   stone -  Made almost no inventions -  Are just in the last 200 years getting caught-up to most  of the rest of  the world -  Have a history that is notable only for   underachievement
   Think  where an equal number of Chinese would be today;  given only 10 years of  the advantages Canadian Indians have---no taxes  on any money you earn  while living on a reserve—free dental—free  university, etc. BTW the  hunger striking chief and her husband , were  paid $270,000.00 by the  band last year.              
   
                   Comments from a reader in the Globe and Mail. It's a short   history lesson on  natives....           This land does NOT belong to them!

Why do some   people keep saying that it does? Is it because that's what they  want  you to believe? Well then the marketing campaign must be   working.

Let's get this straight...

1. These  people's  ancestors did not just appear in North America magically  out of thin  air one day 50,000 years ago. They came in waves  across the land/ice  bridge from Asia. What's more these waves in  many case 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 warred on each other constantly. They  were violent.  Want proof? Ask the Hurons...oh that's right you can't.  The  Iroquois wiped them out. How about slavery that was rife among  the  first nation tribes until the Europeans came over 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  Roman  descendants give Italy back to the Etruscans.

It is  a  nonsensical notion driven by the politically correct bleeding   hearts, some intellectually deficient politicians, the Government,  and  it will continue to cost this country needless and wasted  billions and  billions until we get some backbone and turn off the  taps.

Are  these people in trouble? Yes.

Do they need  help?  Yes.

Are they responsible enough to look after  themselves and  efficiently spend the billions the tax payers give  them? Certainly  not.

The only way to fix this situation is  to bring them into  society as equals. They should be getting jobs  and paying taxes like  the rest of us because in reality, they are  no more special than any  of the other hundred or more cultures  that call Canada  home.

Turn off the taps. Do away with this  "traditional use"  and "cultural" nonsense. Educate their children  to become modern  citizens,  instead of finding their identity and source of pride in   some folks who occupied the land 15000 years ago. Let them stand  or  fall on their own account. Just like the rest of us have to   do!
 
                             DO  YOU HAVE A MIND OPEN ENOUGH TO PASS THIS ON TO A FEW OF  YOUR  CONTACTS??   PLEASE  DO!

Thanks Graham