I am posting a gentleman's comments to me plus my edited and non-edited comments sent to the published comments in the Globe and Mail article about The Government setting aside "$4-billion package to battle native poverty."A direct question to me; here is my un-edited responmse and edited response.The following posted comments initiated the man's published comments:Donald Morin from Vancouver, Canada writes:IT is all very well to write your comments and your disagreements to the current aboriginal leaders and government's intentions, and to write a series of words which means nothing to my brothers and sisters, of which we have not heard before from previous governmental and community leaders, politicians, and desktop, laptop pundits and commentaries. Aboriginals will not be invited for dinner, conversations or other mentions without some hidden agenda or Christian intention. We do pull up our "bootstraps", and it's not about "buying votes".Canada has a fiduciary responsibility to Canada's first people due to the written treaties between the white and red races ofcolonial times. Until the non-native "other" walks the earth with my skin colour, colonial history and indigenous ancestry, then keep your racists writings, political commentary and euro-centric comments to yourselves. As long as community members, leaders and government leaders work and live with honesty, humility, and respect, capital energy can be use to benefit all of us. IF not then we are all guilty of avarice intentions and clandestine maneuver.Genocide has changed it s tools of persuasion, and so we all must walk gently on the earth. Miigweech, all my relations.Posted Nov. 19, 2005 at 3:46 PM EST :
(Gentleman's reply)
joseph Campbell from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada writes: Donald Morin: What have you personally done for your peoplethat the white race hasn't. Perhaps most of us are not"racists" as you infer but "realists". You should be gladthat the French and British came to this country instead of the Chineseor even the Russians who were right next door in Alaska. Ican assure you, there would few of your people left if any, and yourancestors would not be called "First Nations". So perhapsthose of you who have the rescources should go to your own whereverthey are and do more for them.
Posted Nov. 19, 2005 at 9:31 PM
My un-edited reply:
Mr Campbell, I believe in my own life, I have done much to help some of Canada’s First People. As a role model, as a teacher, and as a caring individual who is not afraid to pick up my Elders out of their own excrement, when the Euro-centric ambulance, fire, and police personnel are putting on his latex gloves." I have stopped Native young thugs from beating and killing a Non-Native man, because a person should be willing to give up their own life if someone is being attacked and beat by bad people. I have taught aboriginal artists to work four times as hard as the euro-centric and person of colour individuals to embrace life and realize ones potential instead of settling with life. I have walked in the moccasins of our most dispossessd aboriginal souls to know what is killing our people yesterday and today. When I wrote, "genocide has changed its tools of persuasion" in a song in 2002, it was about the subtle tools, the powerful invisible leaders of this earth use to slowly kill off a people, or any sense of hope or potential. I will continue to write and fight against defeatists and colonial mind setters like you, who only want to agitate the other" and spout off your sense of euro-centric and imperialistic superiority. A non-native Scottish friend stated in my film "7 Fires 4 U...Kitchi Manitou they were more racist than the English when it came to their land grab mentality when they first arrived to this country. To imply that The Russians and Chinese are worse than the French or the English is your false sense of superiority and righteousness. So go and re-teach your self and get out of the rut that you have positioned yourself in. As far as what the "white race hasn't" done, Their leaders haven't keep their word, they were bigots, and imperialists who gave diseased blankets to Canada’s First People, stole our land, hung our leaders and abused our women. The white leaders did everything in their power, mind and body to undermine "the people" of this continent and you should be ashamed for writing and implying your sense of reasoning in your reply to me, because it is simplistic, colonial and a result of what was taught to you as a baby, a child, a young man, and the person you are today.
Edited reply sent to Globe and Mail approx 1:10 pm PST:
Mr Campbell, I have done much to help as a role model, teacher, father and as a individual who picked up my Elders out of their own excrement, when the ambulance, fire, and police personnel are putting on his latex gloves." I have stopped Natives from beating and killing a Non-Native man, because it was the right. I taught aboriginal artists to realize ones potential instead of settling with life. I have walked in the moccasins of our most dispossessd to know what is killing our people yesterday and today. When I wrote, "genocide has changed its tools of persuasion" in a song, it was about the subtle tools, the powerful use to slowly kill off a people. I will continue to write and fight against colonial mind setters, who only want to spout off their sense of superiority. A Scottish friend stated in my film "7 Fires 4 U...Kitchi Manitou they were more racist than the English when it came to their land grab when they first arrived here. To imply that The Russians and Chinese are worse than the French or the English is your false sense of superiority and righteousness. As far as what the "white race hasn't" done, their leaders haven't keep their word, were bigots, who gave diseased blankets to 'the Indians", stole our land, hung our leaders and abused our women. The white leaders did everything in their power, mind and body to undermine "the people" of this continent and you should be ashamed for implying your sense of reasoning. It is simplistic, colonial and a result of what was taught to you as a baby, a child, a young man, and the person you are today.
I published these comments to expose the systemic thinking of our times.
In closing, I am posting what I sent yesterday regarding editing, the comments regarding this G & M article and evaluations of the other and the dominent.
Article sent Saturday to The Globe & Mail regarding the comments pertaining to the "4 billion to battle native poverty".
Again, the pathetic do-gooders and naysayers battle it out to what should be done to help, deny and sooth The "Indian Problem" of Canada. I appreciate the sympathetic words, but turn your words to action not platitudes. Vote and work to change the status quo, instead of polarizing words which ends up as nothing abstract or concrete.Diggleworth airhead is no doubt the most pathetic racist who complains about the haves and have-nots of Canadian Society. It's the euro-centric governing system and positioning which continued the "taxation of people in western civilization, and if you are so angry about taxation, take your anger out on the historicity of Western civility, the grandeur and moumentalization of politics in stone and your cities, of which the European ancestors, and North American governments perpetuated to maintain the status quo. Systemic race positioning is in everything from the intellect, the emotional, the material, and sexual politics. To close my view, why does Mr. Gerald McIvor allowed 349 words for his commentary and I have to edit my words down to 190? The literacy of race, capitalism and class defines who and what is allowed to comment, review, and criticize the status quo but NDNs are always allowed less than the Euro-centric other. In closing it does not matter to me how many words we are allowed to share, but what words we utilize to “change the diapers of the ruling class.
End of Globe & Mail postings!!!!
Additonal comments published in Globe and Mail pertaining to article belows
"Divisions plague Assembly of First Nations [/]Dissident chiefs create tension on eve of key meeting with Prime Minister" By BILL CURRY Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Additonal comments published in Globe and Mail
Having met Mr. Fontaine in the past, I saw him as a cordial man, and willing to listen to the communities, he visited. We should not forget the schisms between traditionalists, and Indian Affairs regulated band councils, and remember that tribal custom usage and one nations language, which defined a nation's relations to the land. Since contact, when the imperialist leaders and governments eradicated the "Indian Problem, and took away our ancestor's language, land and customs, that was the beginning of the end of a people. The governments of the day’s intention were to divide us, and undermine our leaders and our first nations tribes. Today is no different
Today, the divide and conquer mentality has replaced our connection to the land and connected us to the black heart of the system. As long as, we appease the white man and his/her system, we will always be seen as a conquered and divided people.
The "Indian Problem" still exists, and no one leader of any government will resolve the indifference we all carry within each of us. We will all remain divided till, we find a leader who will stand up against the capitalist system, and connect all of Mother Earth back to he land. We are of one planet, one earth, one land, one water; too bad nations see life differently.
Donald MorinFilmmaker/Actor/Teacher
