Canada's First Nations:

>> Now this could stir up a bit of a debate...but it is food for thoughts
>> regarding comments from a reader in the Globe and Mail. It's a short
>> history lesson on natives.
>>
>> This land does NOT belong to them. Why do some people keep saying that
>> it does?
>> Is it because that's what they want you to believe? Well then the
>> marketing campaign must be working.
>>
>> Let's get this straight...
>>
>> 1. These people's ancestors did not just appear in North America
>> magically out of thin air one day 50,000 years ago. They came in waves
>> across the land/ice bridge from Asia. What's more these waves in many
>> case were not related groups of people. They came from various places
>> around North Eastern Asia and were from different genetic
>> strains....in other words the natives of North America are not a
>> homogenous group of people and more importantly.... They are immigrants 
>> too, like millions of immigrants today.
>>
>> 2. The idea that the "natives" were peaceful caretakers of the land or
>> benevolent tenants couldn't be further from the truth. The various
>> tribes warred on each other constantly. They were violent. Want proof?
>> Ask the Huron's...oh that's right you can't. The Iroquois wiped them
>> out. How about slavery that was rife among the first nation tribes
>> until the Europeans came over and freed the slaves and put an end to
>> this "valued cultural tradition"? Is slavery peaceful and humane?
>>
>> 3. The idea that we "stole" this land from them is also ridiculous. A
>> more technologically advanced and numerous culture invaded and
>> conquered. This is exactly what has been happening since the dawn of
>> humanity all around the globe. To say we "stole" their lands is just
>> plain wrong. That is akin to saying the Saxons should return England
>> to the Angles. Or maybe we should launch a campaign to have Roman
>> descendants give Italy back to the Etruscans.
>>
>> It is a nonsensical notion driven by the politically correct bleeding
>> hearts on the left and some intellectually deficient liberals, and it
>> will continue to cost this country needless and wasted billions and
>> billions until we get some backbone and turn off the taps.
>>
>> Are these people in trouble? Yes. Do they need help? Yes.
>> Are they responsible enough to look after themselves and efficiently
>> spend the billions the tax payers give them? Certainly not.
>>
>> The only way to fix this situation is to bring them into society as 
>> equals.
>> They should be getting jobs and paying taxes like the rest of us
>> because in reality, they are no more special than any of the other
>> hundred or more cultures that call Canada home.
>>
>> Turn off the taps. Do away with this "traditional use" and "cultural"
>> nonsense. Educate their children to become modern citizens, instead of
>> finding their identity and source of pride in some folks who occupied
>> the land 15000 years ago. Let them stand or fall on their own account.