It was simply all about the land. Who owned it. Who controlled it. And what Canada was willing to do to get it. Ultimately what it became about was extinguishing a people through identity theft and removing any Indigenous governments that existed. The country that became Canada decided to use its Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and its predecessor the North-West Mounted Police to do its dirty work. The body acted as its army of infiltration, removal and its “Native Extremism Program.” First Nations people became the targets and generations of suppression began. Now as the special in this week’s paper tells us, is a story our generations have lived. A story that has made us the people we are today, cautious, watching, and knowing. And created the political chasm…
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