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By slodrive (registered) | Posted July 17, 2010 at 01:15:14

I find it amazing how people purport 'fair' and 'equal' treatment of First Nations AFTER we've bilked them out of their land, sovereignty and culture. 'Fair' can never be part of the equation. So, consider any perceived gratuities as our microscopic installment for living here.

I also don't think we'll see any movement, involvement from an eco-sense and improved territories until we consider our negotiations as nation to nation. I can only speak for what I know of the Haudenosaunee, but they have never reliquished their sovereignty. And right now, as we speak, the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team is held up in New York because the U.S won't recognize their passports.

The removal of the Indian Act should coincide with the return of land and control over resources -- and where land cannot be returned, then a mutually agreeable lease/ rights-fee can be implemented. That way, First Nations will be able to heal their communities, reap some of the benefits of the resources they once had and apply their own eco-sense moving forward.

Based on what I've been educated on -- from both the Canadian and First Nation sides of the coin -- it boggles my mind that the international community hasn't been aghast at what's happened here.

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