This short thread is about an incredibly common experience for indigenous people. I really hate reading “commentaries about indigenous people” because they frequently result in a ton of anger and frustration.
This story does. No wise words. Just sharing this:
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This story does. No wise words. Just sharing this:
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Slave Lake is a town in northern Alberta. Councillor Joy McGregor named a number of nearby indigenous communities then said that the town needed “to stop being so nice to them. We need to stop feeding them.”
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Her statement can be watched on the town’s YouTube channel here:
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The Driftpile Cree Nation is nearby. Chief and council responded:
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More of @TownofSlaveLake Councillor Joy McGregor’s comments:
“You know we had to put the Gravol and the Sudafed and everything behind the thing and now the Lysol and the mouthwash, well we might have to do that will the sanitizer too because people use it and abuse it”
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“You know we had to put the Gravol and the Sudafed and everything behind the thing and now the Lysol and the mouthwash, well we might have to do that will the sanitizer too because people use it and abuse it”
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@TownofSlaveLake council member’s thoughts on how her comments would be received:
“I know that that sounds horrible and there will be people down my throat for it. But they have to be accountable.”
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“I know that that sounds horrible and there will be people down my throat for it. But they have to be accountable.”
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@joy_mcgregor’s comments are found in the video at the 1 hour mark and are worse than the article summarizes.
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