A white man and an elderly Native man became pretty good friends, so the white guy decided to ask him: "What do you think about the Indian mascots?" The Native elder responded,
"Here's what you've got to understand."
"When you look at black people, you see ghosts of all the slavery and rapes and the hangings and the chains. When you look at Jews, you see the ghosts of all those bodies piled up in death camps."
Jul 23, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I want to share a perspective of mine.
This last weekend, I attended a gathering of fellow Inuvialuit. I went with my family. As usual, I felt awkward, like I didn't fit in. Most 60s scoop survivors feel like that.
Being Inuvialuit isn't what I'm trying to be, its who I am.
I run the same race as every other Inuvialuit and Indigenous person. I get the same judgment, the same stereotype as the rest. I was raised differently. It has not changed who the Creator made me to be.
Jul 1, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Canada Day?
You took my Mom at 6 years old. Put her and her siblings in residential school.
You took me away at birth and told her to get over it. Told her I would be better off with white people.
You withheld medical treatment to her and her family who lived in the Arctic
You said they drank too much. You said they shouldn't waste time and resources on a bunch of drunk Natives. Lies. They all worked. They all paid taxes. All paid for housing. We earned our keep there.
Apr 20, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
I want to share 2 stories. Both of these women have recently been potentially diagnosed with cancer.
For now, I'll call them "woman on the left" and "woman on the right".
I want to share the differences in health care.
Please finish the thread to see how I know them.
Woman on the left is Dutch. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother.
Woman on the right is Indigenous. She is also a wife (widow), mother, and grandmother.
Oct 30, 2018 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
After doing a bit of digging and research, it looks like any #60sScoop survivors from the Yukon, NT, and Nunavut won't be able to file against their respective Territories for any kind of abuse they may have suffered.
The Territories were under jurisdiction of Ottawa and INAC until Devolution in 1967. The department responsible for CFS was not turned over to the Territorial Government until 1985.
Woman on the left is Dutch. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother.