Another Look at Canada Day
This is an outsider’s view of Canada Day celebrations and Indian people being part of such celebrations. Canada’s birthday. What does it mean to me as an Indian, as a Beothuk, as a Micmac, as a Maliseet, as a Mohawk, etc. I can say in all sincerity that it...
The Wulustukyieg Traditional Council of Tobique Position on Shale Gas Exploitation Within Our Homeland
The WTCT opposes, in the strongest possible terms, the continuing exploitation and destruction of our homeland, Oskigeneeweekog, by our white oppressors. Be it fracking, mining, lumbering, spraying, etc, etc. As our white oppressors progress upon their headlong rush toward self-destruction in the name of greed or as they...
Another Perspective on Canada Day
In a printed editorial it was stated that we all have reasons to get involved in the St.Croix anniversary and by extension Canada Day celebrations, that there have been winners and losers, and that this anniversary is a time of celebration, for others an occasion for somber commemoration, and...
New and Modern Treaties and the Continuing Manipulation of Our People
New and modern treaties means dealing with new and modern fascist Nazis. New and modern Nazis but with the same old violent attitude and mind set that white is right and that might is right. These new and modern Nazis, just as with Hitler’s Nazis, have absolutely no...
HOW DID OUR HOMELAND BECOME SOMEONE ELSE’S COUNTRY??? WITH APOLOGIES TO THE ANCESTORS
The Saint John River Valley that our people have always known as the Wulustuk River Valley is our homeland and has been so for thousands and thousands of generations. At the time of contact our Ancestors referred to it as Ski-gin-ee-weekog or “our Indian Homeland”. Our people were...
A CRISIS OF INDIAN LEADERSHIP
In the matter regarding the disunity and divisions created by male Indian leaders, who should the rank and file Indians follow now that male Indian leaders have been forced, by the actions of Chief Theresa Spence, to either lead, follow or get out of the way. To me the...
RESPECT SELF, RESPECT THE TALKING CIRCLE
Aboriginal people use methods, which are non-confrontational and non-adversarial, of reaching agreement or consensus that are in keeping with values fundamental to their world view and spirituality. The circle is not just a symbol, it is the model by which their society and thought are structured. A Talking Circle...
ALL TRUE HEALING BEGINS FROM WITHIN
No country, no nation, no community can find healing until the people of that country, nation or community look for healing within themselves. This is the healing process and it begins with awareness with each and every individual. Self awareness and self healing is what the healing path...
THIS CRY
Man’s ability to think often renders him downright stupid Two geologists were having a discussion. One geologist was more forward in his thinking, the other was rather narrow-minded, and therefore less wise than his colleague. The geologists were discussing the tiny island we all live on. The...
SAVING OUR EARTH MOTHER
I remember, as a boy of five or six, going with my family to the Tobique River to spend Sunday afternoons swimming or picnicking. Our whole family; my mom, my dad, my brothers and sisters, and me. It was a happy time. At that time, we could pick...