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Originally Posted by Archiseek
I particularly liked his plan to leech off other first nations....
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It's comments like this that reveal the automatic, negative views that arise when one thinks of Aboriginal people. Honestly, this is a totally ignorant comment made so by the use of the phrase "to leach off".
I'm originally from Norway House and when I drive on highway 6 for a visit, I gas up at Pinaymootang and Grand Rapids. Why? The same reason why non-native (read 'white') people gas up in Ashern or Ponton (which recently has been bought out by Cross Lake First Nation).
We provide business to, we don't leech off of. Would you say the Esso in Grand Rapids "leeches" off non-native customers? No, and that's a double standard. With that said, I have no beef with stopping any other place, and I hope the opposite of others rings true.
Now, Chief Terry Nelson. Surely you've all come to the realization that he's a total basket case. Now you know what we know. In truth, some other Chiefs aren't too far off either. However, there are plenty of us who are reasonable, people...just like you. I try to get this point across because it hurts to read the generalizations made about me and my people. I'm a big boy and you're all entitled to your opinions, but understand that there's a HUGE number of people just as frustrated with our leaders as you are. We just don't make headlines, idiots like Terry Nelson do.