1 thought on “Manitoba offers traditional lands to Sayisi Dene First Nation forced to relocate in 1950s”
As a non-native Noth American (non-gringo), when I think of forced relocation of First nation peoples I think of what had occurred some one hundred years ago. This forced relocation took place some sixty years ago. This policy of the removal of native people has been an ongoing policy, like that of the Jim Crow Laws that were meant to deal with the slave populations of the America’s. From the Native Indian Removal Act of 1830; to the forced removal of Canadian Sayisi Dene nation has proven to be atrocities that continued to play a major role in relations between the Canadian Government and Native Nations. Furthermore, the use of reserve to distinguish Native communities and non-native communities. I may be overstepping my boundaries, but are not reserves meant for animals. In Africa, there are only animal reserves, and there is no such thing as a human reserve. Why are lands reclaimed by Native people called reserves? I know that there is a link between the reservation system; like that of the Bantustan system during Apartheid. Will the injustice that brought upon the Dene help them rebuild their community? They may have gotten a portion of their land back, but what have they lost in the long run?
As a non-native Noth American (non-gringo), when I think of forced relocation of First nation peoples I think of what had occurred some one hundred years ago. This forced relocation took place some sixty years ago. This policy of the removal of native people has been an ongoing policy, like that of the Jim Crow Laws that were meant to deal with the slave populations of the America’s. From the Native Indian Removal Act of 1830; to the forced removal of Canadian Sayisi Dene nation has proven to be atrocities that continued to play a major role in relations between the Canadian Government and Native Nations. Furthermore, the use of reserve to distinguish Native communities and non-native communities. I may be overstepping my boundaries, but are not reserves meant for animals. In Africa, there are only animal reserves, and there is no such thing as a human reserve. Why are lands reclaimed by Native people called reserves? I know that there is a link between the reservation system; like that of the Bantustan system during Apartheid. Will the injustice that brought upon the Dene help them rebuild their community? They may have gotten a portion of their land back, but what have they lost in the long run?