Hi Jane.  The eloquent words that you attributed to me were really from
Sondra Ball...
-> SB> I'm dialoguing with a person in another conference, who is going
-> to post an essay to me stating his views on "the Indian problem." I
-> already basically know them, however.  He wants to see the government
-> stop honoring *all* treaties, eliminate *all* reservations, and
-> simply have "one law for all people."
-> SB> I've gotten enough similar comments on the various writers and
-> poetry conferences I belong to to know for certain this idea is
-> fairly popular among many groups right now; and not just among some
-> of the less educated groups either.
I wouldn't know how to answer the arguments put forward by these people.
I admire Sondra for conducting detailed debates with people with hostile
attitudes.  If Sondra posts the essay and her response here it'll be
very illuminating.
-> The first English folks who came here managed to get along with those
-> that they found before them, then what I call "the others" came
-> afterwards, folks who were city dwellers essentially and had no
-> connection to the earth at all.
I know my grandparents took their good relationship with the native
Indians in their area for granted.  The native Indians were good
neighbours.  We spoiled the neighbourhood.  Attempts to 'assimilate'
native Indians in Canada have failed.
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