Replying to a message from Steven Horn 1:17/67 to Gord Hannah,

About Native Needs, On Tue Oct 26 2004

 GH> As it does me and it is also very surreal driving through Hobbema.
 GH> There is an off shoot called Smallboy's Camp which is between
 GH> Hinton (my home town) and Nordegg, on the back road no booze no
 GH> drugs no electricity no phone, if the folks don't like it go to
 GH> Hobbema, but sheesh every child upon reaching 18 getting over
 GH> $50,000 that is real damned scary.

SH> I don't think we will resolve this conundrum in the near future. 
SH> It's obvious from the report of the Stonechild inquiry in Saskatoon
SH> that white police officers don't treat First Nations members well
SH> and we continue to be faced with the devastation of Davis Inlet and
SH> its successor and places like Hobbema.  

Sorry about the long quote, but to keep my comments in context I felt it necessary.

When peoples pride, dignity, and self respect have been removed from them
and there being an obvious discrimination against them, as well as a
negative stigma thrown in what can society expect?  More of the same I
suppose.  The police forces national, provincial, and municipal need to get
a lot more consistent, with less discrimination, then maybe we can get some
where.  I also wonder if this is planned genocide, remember the tribe in
Newfoundland that has no living members left?  I suppose the whites ought
to have kept their noses out of the mix and tried to just co-exist instead
of being the be all to end all,  End all is right if this type of behaviour
keeps up there will be no more natives left period.  In many instances it
not only saddens me but makes me sick.

Hope this helps.  Keep us posted.

We are a fine board trying to make it better.
http://www.pris.bc.ca/ghannah
ghannah{at}pris.bc.ca
Cheers! Gord
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