Main stream Media and the IRSSA August 20th deadline

There is an Overall sense of MEDIA censorship to alternative first nations views regarding the Indian Residential School Sttlement Opting Out Deadline and its connection to the contemporary issues of our time. As a native filmmakers, artists, and radio producers, my colleague Gunargie O'Sullivan and I have constantly shared information to Canadians about the complex issues pertaining to the residential school deadline today (Aug 20th., 2007). We understand and respect that Elders and others have a choice to settle with the defendants in this suit. Yet after much study , debate, many of us recognize that the settlement and propaganda campaign was flawed, deceptful and the opting out portion of this settlment was hidden with layers of newspeak to confuse all who take it upon themselves to study this nine court approved series of public documents. Apathy and limited comprehension by the media, has created a false sense of potential closure to the "NDN" problem, and that the setlement will heal Canada to heal. That notion is so far from the truth, it is the same old trickery the governments and churchs used time and time again since contact. aboriginal residential school survivors, and their understanding of the issues surrounding the IRSSA and the opt out or settle clause. Even today, I discussed the deadline with one native woman by Coop radio She understood the issues, but was too high to do anything.

Colleagues, it is tiring as we deconstruct the idealogy of Canada with art and politics. Disheartening as we see less and less people in the media caring about the tragedy of the most dis-possessed people, Canada's First people and how trickery and red tape is used by ideologues, lawyers, and government servants designed to contain and maintain the status quo. We must provide and dessiminate alternative perspectives on the issues of our times. How does the MEDIA and her their hired hands expect to know Canada without supporting the first nations artists and people who volunteer, collect and research others ways of Seeing in this world we call a global village? Do you expect us to stay in the age of feathers, ink and rawhide? Or with trinkets and beads. Is the MEDIA and their people so short sighted that they can not see beyond their place of priviledge as responsible community members? Perhaps its time to throw out the old and bring in the new? Do we all have to wait again for the okay from the Great White Chief in Ottawa? No matter how arms length we position ourselves from government policies, initiatives, clandestine meetings and manoeuvring, there will always be some subversive directive in the background monitoring the politics, media, events, words and times of the everyday.

I have more pressing issues to look at regarding the most dispossessed Canada's First People of this country than my pitful needs. Meanwhile the politicians in Ottawa will pronounce their grand schemes and dreams, while Canada's First People get @#$(W by the colonial mindset of people who think we should settle with life and what others think is best for them.

IN our numerous attempts to show the alternative aspects of the IRSSA data, the main stream media and others ignored the truth and published the propaganda that is utilizing the new pursuasive tools of genocide! Miigweech, all my relations!

refering to globeandmail story Letter was God's will

Why will T & G not publish this entry? Stirring Debate?
Each to his own, but I would preferably to rely on the goodness of the Great Creator and the Great Mystery of Life, rather than to reply on the judgement of the people on both sides of this argument. Is the act of a physical union between a man and a woman an act of procreation, an act of love, or lust? With animal procreation and human procreation, our physical urges may be similar to animals regarding emotional needs, genetic patterning, social relations, and the physical pleasure of physical entities and species of all life’s genetic programming of procreation. But as well it is through the Great Creators' designs that we are allowed to utilize the physical union of a man and woman for spiritual love through intercourse and as well procreation. Perpetuating ones immortality through our descendants is maybe every ones desire in leaving some aspect of our lives to the living earth outside of a material object in a time capsule. Sure two same sexed beings can enjoy the physical act of love or some sort of physical connection of body parts or what not to define ones relationship to someone they care about, but is it part of the Great Mystery of Life, love, lust, or just part of the normal urges, desires and choices we make regarding what we can do to something we truly own in this world, our flesh and blood. In some camps it is said, that we do not own our bodies but our bodies belong to God, Jesus Christ. Our bodies are truly temples for our Creator, but the unseen powers of this world con all of us to disbelief and doubt regarding The spiritual world, and what we cannot see, or prove in the physical world, so do what you must in this world, but I would prefer eternity in paradise as opposed to the hatred, anger, lust and gluttony of fire and brimstone and gnashing of ht teeth. Each to his own though!

Re" Globe and Mail article of 05_23_07 Stop trains or natives will: chiefs

I'm sick of all you armchair pundits giving you two bit crap about what to do with the issues of us Native people doing what we have to do to assert our rights and protect our interests as caretakers of mother earth and our culture.

It is not a matter of us not having the guts to be suicide bombers, because that is an option as far as I am concerned. Maybe we should just strap on a couple of vest bombs and come knocking on your door? But then on another hand, we value life and we are not in the NDN wars of the last couple of centuries where we had to kill to survive or be killed by all you Indian hating ancestors!

It is not a matter of one law for all people in this country, because other wise if your capitalist pig dog excremental living developers and other purveyors of capitalist destruction did not bend the law, or evade to law to get the best land of the time and racially segregate NDNS, then perhaps life would be different now. No, because aboriginal land WAS STOLEN from us and now there are over 900 outstanding lands claim cases b4 the system, which’s to say what laws have been broken or ignored.

Instead of hiding behind your web name on this list, publish you real name so we can really see who the hate mongering racists of this country are really like. I encourage all native people in North America to start suicide bombing to show the idiot who accused us of having no guts. Otherwise you racial idiots, let us demand and secure justice, restitution, and a decent life for our children and grandchildren instead of the activism we have to encourage to get the government to take our issues seriously.
Like AFN's Fontaine said, we are not breaking the law, and if the tractor protest and the transit protest is not consider unlawful and a right for these people to protest, then why are we call law breakers? Why? Because CANADA is a racist country run by Racist politicians & capitalists from the old school of colonialism. Miigweech, all my relations!

New Video on YouTube for Metis Winter Morning Film

that's right, google me for you tube and you will find my works. Have a nice day

Condolences to Family of Amber Stewart

My condolences to family and relatives of the late Amber Stewart, daughter to Deloras Dallas and sister to Danien Dallas. Her memorial will be at GlenHaven Memorial Services @ 1835 East Hastings on April 5th. 07 at 3:00pm start.

anna Niciole Smith's mom being disrespectful

It is totally disrespectful for Anna Nicole's Mother "Vergie Arthur" to air out her comments about her late daughter's supposingly drug usage, and to spout off her moral intentions on "Good Morning America" today Friday!

What gives her to right to immediately criticize the late woman's lifestyle, friends, and her position and assumed "drugged up"-ness? If this Vergie Arthur had any moral values or sympathetic values, she would have allowed grieving to take precedence instead of her jumping on the bandstand to get her two bits worth into such a sad and tragic ending to a young woman, wanting to experience life on her own terms.

Regardless of family estrangement, people still need to respect the moments in and around the passing of ones life to the next world. Anna Nicole Smith's mother had none of any these traits that show any decency or respect during a time of tragic endings. Shame on you, Vergie Arthur. Keep your assumptions and opinionated notions to yourself.

Black CLoud covers fireworks (Province A3 story Jan 31st. 2007

Why should I care about this " Black cloud covers fireworks" trivial loss when it comes to placating the desires of the masses of people who want to see these fireworks to ease their worried minds, take their mind off reality and to ease ones life? Spending that amount of money on fireworks is vain, selfish, useless, stupid, idiotic, wasteful and every other adjective I can not think of right at this moment. When Canada and its cities resolves its homeless crisis, build homes for her homeless, her seniors, resolve the problems of her first nations reserve system and urban poverty and clean up the streets of all those really bad people, who continue to get let off easy, then maybe I will support Canada and her cities to celebrate the fullest of life. Instead, the system uses such resources to appease the masses with something to do when instead today's population should seriously consider how they are spending their time in earth's prophetic days!


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From Globe and Mail Blog about OPP toughen stance in Caledonia standoff

Wow the pros and cons of the Land Claim issues of North America are battleing it out again! Wow JUst like in the Middle East n'est pas? Who's right, who's wrong? We're all wrong, we're all mad, we're all going back to the land, so why are we still fighting and why are we in a hurry to defend what is right? EIhter way we are being pushed over the edge of madness as the new millenium moves faster and faster towards the face of our demise! We will head back to our homeland, and wonder what the fighting was all about when we were alive. As long as the developers and capitalists attempt to re=develop the natural world, we will always have the defenders stop or attempt to stop the concrete madness of the new world My advice, let the bombs fly, the sabateurs bring in their ball bearing suicide packs, and let the language of blood define this new age of terror. Either way, the new world and old world is no longer the sane, they are now the insane face of ourselves slowly dying to get to the other side of life. After Death, where we are at peace B4 we go to heaven or hell. Depending how you fight your battles here in the flesh I guess! Have a good day world, I really want to get off! I see my stop over by the dark side of the moon! I am a metis , born of two worlds colliding in the bearded faces of the fur trade, and now dying in theface of the development trades. What's wrong with our picture of democracy in this Canadian Middle East Quagmire.

B.C. artists memorialize missing women (Globe & Mail Jan.12_07)

Col. Akula
As far as I am concerned, you are an idiot and totally void of any sense of reasoning and only angry because so many people called you on your words and opinions. Awareness is important B4 and after any fact, and if you had any sense of humility, you would take your criticism with a grain of slat and move on, but no, instead you begin to rationalize your words of anger with assumed historical reasoning, and spout off validations of your father. So what! Your reasoning is after the fact too.

Regardless of B4 a tragedy or after a tragedy, life's events happen for a reason, and no effort by society, community, or individuals will stop these acts of horror if providence continues day after day. And if acts of heroism or community efforts do create change or stop a tragedy, then it was part of providence and the will of our Creator.
SO Colonel Goof, keep your opinions on your side of the fence and accept people's act of valor, recognition, or homage for what it is , a desire to acknowledge what was, what is gone, and what will be, and as far as issues from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, don't judge a person till you walk a mile in their moccasins. And if anyone really agreed with your irrational sense of outrage, then perhaps we would not honor the World war one and two war dead every November 11th, after the fact. So take your wounds, and move on to your dead end street of misguided reasoning.

TO artist paying homage to DTES missing women, (About Globe & Mail Arts Article published Jan11th., 2007

Col. Akula
Get your head out of your patriarchal stupidity. This work is no different than what Rebecca Belmore did with respect to honoring the missing women. Ms. Belmore created a performance piece in DTES where she held a rose in her mouth, placed the rose at each of the last location of the missing women, and called, (yelled) out her name. Not for money, not for respect, but for acknowledging their person, their being, their soul and heart as a woman. Here in CDN, women are still marginalized in some circles by patriarchy, and the old school of thought, where men still think women should be barefoot and back in the kitchen. Here we have an artist who is creating a work of homage to these missing women, who died due to catering to the sexual misguided desires of men. Men who should be doing better things with their life instead of taking advantage of less fortunate people. If these men have more control over their sexual urges and though more about their humble beginnings, then maybe they will have more respect for themselves and the women they abuse. Just because you pay someone money to take care of your urges, does not mean you have to mistreat them or other women who are the care-givers of our future society of children growing up to be adult. Our artists touch these ideas without saying a word, but by using an art brush to paint what's left of the blood and souls we once had on this planet earth!

NDN bishop in Canada

NDN bishop is a wonderful move considering that politics and religion together makes a firey mix, when we want to erase past mistakes. As the commenter said eariler, we are all God's children, so race should not be an issue, I am Metis and sit on the board of a United church Longhouse Native ministry, and the pastor is a wonderful non-native man, who conducts wonderful services. Incidentally, I was rasied RC, and I have no quelms against their teachings, after all we are all God's children and only should be leary of humankind, when they twist the sacred words and politicize such words. I do not see this as the case, it is a annoucement of sharing the word, so lets get to work and change the world through the love and work of our one Creator, not through past divisions of humankind's interpretivie grace.

Goodness revails over Chld help line (Globe adn Mail Jan. 5th, 07)

Kudos to this young child and to the law-enforcement officials and citizens of the world, who utilized an a potential technology which is increasingly being used for nafariouos ultraistic deeds. This shows , that the "good" prevails over en entire world, if we give goodness a chance to work with the internet sytem instead of the system being used to help those who go on raping and destroying our children of mother earth.
Every time a child cries for help, that cry is heard in the heavens, and bowels of the earth. For once, a child's cry is taken serious, considering the many times our chidlren are not heard. Good work folks, our chidlren are our precious gift from the Creator of our Times!

Re: Globe and Mail article of Jan 2nd. 07: Child care so costly immigrants sending babies back to China.

The question to ask regarding such an important parenting issues is why does systemic racism still exist in a supposingly democratic country such as Canada?

Outside of governmental polices, social initiatives, legislative laws pertaining to immigration, and economic development, nothing the government initiates is going to change the attitude and mindset of a Euro Canadian population which is sway and defined by the Affirmative culture. A culture which is defined by the historical conditions and development of a colonial culture which created the systemic and racist capitalist system we have today in Canada.
Our new Asian Canadians and other new immigrants would not have to break up the family unit if the potential private/public institutions and employers of these new professionals did not devalue the academic, and professional experience of this people, based on a Euro Canadian value of what is worthy and affirmed in North American society, by the constructs of the Affirmative culture. These families are no different than the descendants of the European immigrants, who came here to better themselves in the new world. Today it is no different, for the new immigrants who only want to better themselves and their career opportunities to provide a better life for their families. Such devaluation of their professional skills is blatant racism, and not until the Euro- Canadian descendants realize and deplore their systemic views and attitudes, will our Asian Canadian families be of equal par with the majority of the Canadian population. So Canada, Harper may describe that Canada is the greatest country in the world, but he is only paying lip service to the status quo and is creating a racist government and country just like the days before and after confederation. Miigweech, all

Coming back to Edmonton, NDNs and violence

Tansi Edmonton
Well it is good to be back in Edmonton, I moved to Vancouver from here 26 years ago due to the extreme attitudes of people here. I was a young First Nations, and I was tired of the negative attitude Edmontonians had towards Native People, and tired of the sucker punches, assaults, and derogatory remarks because of my heritage. I was seen as a drunk, or only in jail. Sadly enough, my twin brother told me last year and this year, that people still see Native people in the same darkness, so the choices and attitudes of people determine our relations in the past, present, and future.

I walked Whyte Avenue last night a day after my son's wedding to reminisce about the times I strolled this famous strip, and much has changed since the days of my youth. The place was not as violent as I read today about former stabbings and fights last year. My brother told me to not hang around that area, but for me I saw no reason to leave, till this morning when I read comments, and former articles about the actions of various people.

Ultimately people will blame many factors for their actions, but it all boils down to ones ability to make either a good or wrong choice when dealing with confrontations, anger, emotions, and self control. Raising children to be responsible children is an arduous task that takes in many factors of life, history, religion, beliefs, and understanding our place in the universe and the wholeness of time. I am proud to say that my son has made wonderful choices due to his own understanding of the factors I mentions, and how his mother and I raised him to believe in his potential instead of settling with life. Sure he gets influenced by others, the media, and the government and gets angry; mad at aspects of life like us all, but it is how we control our action which defines our character. Believing in the Great Mystery of life and how it defines us, speaks to us, will help us in our relations.
Life is a highway of moderation. Earthlings will experiment with the highs and lows of life, and we as humans must live the rest of our life with the consequences of our actions. So no matter how opinionated we are, blamable we are we are not the judges of life on planet earth, only the participants in the wombs of time.

We can watch all the sports we want, it may incite our anger, emotions of madness, boil our blood, but pulling a knife, sucker punching a fellow human is the result of one persons choice and how he/she wants to continue his/her life. Goodness and Evil is real in and around us. Make no mistake, God is real, and so is the Devil. I am not a religious person, but history tells us this grand old story of human conflict, it all depends how we read and live life, remember life and how we want to exist in the hereafter.
So I will continue to walk the streets of this life regardless of how violent and hurtful people can be to each other. If we give love, we get love, if we give hate, we get hate. Violence begets violence, so make your choice in sharing life or condemning life, but we are all in the same canoe floating on the universe's river of energy. How we use that energy defines how we live and die. Today, I still live in Vancouver, while my son and my brother moved back to Edmonton. Will I, God only knows because it saddens me that after 26 years in Vancouver where I realized my potential in life and I still am working on it, nothing has changed in this oil capital when it comes to our relations. So some of you Edmontonians, you can do better than pulling a knife, or calling out a derogatory name! Miigweech! Happy New Year Edmonton worlders from a Vancouver worlder. I am coming back to this neck of the woods again to begin my next film project, so, I look forward to meeting you Edmon-chuks again. 2 learn more about moi, see http://groups.msn.com/TheDonaldMorinWebSite Take care, God bless you all

Email reply sent to CBC regarding October 16th article, but published here due to CBC not often publishes my words

Email reply sent to CBC regarding October 16th article, but published here due to CBC not often publishes my words
link was at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/16/native-prisoners.html#skip300x250My Reply belowThe audacity of Stockwell Day to quote "[that he ]will consider the findings of Sapers' report...[and then says that]...there is no evidence of systemic discrimination against native offenders in the prison system."Well Mr. Day, the evidence is in the report itself, in the federal statistics regarding the federal prison system, and in the systemic nature of the Canadian racial legislative system of the Indian Act, the deploring justice institutions, and the systemic nature of a colonial mindset which has existed for the last two hundred years, and then some.Get your head out of the sand Stockwell Day, and do something good for a change.

Christmas In Edmonton

Merry Christmas World, my son is married, and my twin brother is out of the hospital. I am truly blessed
Ciao

Calgary to Vaccinate their 2000 homeless

1. Living around the outbreak in Vancouver, I understand the trepidation people have regarding this outbreak. But at the same time, I will not take up the offer the local health board is doing to prevent catchng this latest flu.
   
   As long as I take care of myself, eat well, drink lots of water, and take my own medicine, I will not allow these people to vaccinate me with "God Knows what they have" in their little kits. For all we know, it could be some subverted scheme to create a new killing virus and the homeless, the dispossed, and the poor are the lab rats to begin this New World Order eradication of less fortunate people. R we to trust everything we see in the media, the government reports, and other venues of dis-information? We are in a New age of cladinstine initiatives, global conspiracies, and the eventual releasing of data and material technology and hyper aesthetics, which are designed to control the masses and elevate the few in power. Watch your back, reality is being twisted Regarding this outbreak, I saw one of Globe and Mail's headines which is;
   
   Six foreign health workers condemned to death in Libya(Comment16)
   
   Five Bulgarian nurses, Palestinian doctor convicted of deliberately infecting children with AIDS virus; ruling sparks outrage..."
   ... We live in dangerous times!
   

Guns can protect women: Advocate: From Vancouver Metronews front page Dec 19th. 06

"Guns can protect women: Advocate"
While I agree with the notion that women would be able to protect themself if they have the right tools/weapons to defend themselves, modelling ourselves after the United States is not the answer. While guns do not kill people, only people who abuse the use of guns; arming ourselves like a Canadian Rambo or slick hotshot will only create more anger, strife, and petty arguments over egos, territory, or material assets, which could escalate into someone losing their cool and simply pulling out a gun and pulling the trigger.

I think it is pretty arrogant of Sharon Gregson to position herself as some sort of femme gunslinger, which is signified on the Canadian Firearms journal. Self-Defense comes in alternative forms, so perhaps a debate will bring out other options, but Sharon, guns are not the answer. To be a microcosm of the arms conflict only exacerbates the global problems we as humans have with weapons that kill, just because someone can pull out a gun and pull a trigger or point it at a criminal. Criminals will always threaten our personal safety if we give then the opportunity to fight back like arat once we corner them. Gun or no gun, criminals are opportunists and will find away to evade the bullet if they use trickery to disarm their opponent

Chubby Harper Correcting History, by allowing Farmers to buy back expropriated Mirabel land!!!!

Old Chubby Harper and his "correcting a mistake of history" is a falsidity of expropriated proportions. I only see this latest media ploy as a vote grabbing initiative to continually appease the Eastern Conservatives hoping to keep thier dying government in power. While Canadian Time Magazine is totally wrong in naming him man of the year, Harper is totally out of control in his appetite for consuming more power in a season of cultural correctness, and consumer richness. Meanwhile, the poorer folks of this land continually eat cake while those in power eat steak, pronounce their grandiose schemes to appease agricultural fields of broken dreams. Now if King/Queen Steve Harper would only honour the first people of this continent and give back what was stolen from the first people, he may lose his grip on power, upset his Mirabel farmers near Montreal, upset his Delta resident's constituents near Tsawwassen, but he would gain respect from the majority of Canadians who wants Canada to resolve the land claim shuffle/problem. He would gain more votes by having a more honest relationship between the first people of this continent and the euro-Canadian descendants who are the results of two nations coming together and immigrants travelling to new lands to find their dreams. If only their dreams did not trample on my ancestors, then maybe Canada would be a more respected country today. And what about the Mohawks near ? The Monks in the area sent the Mohawk away, to only steal the Mohawks land from them and sell it to the farmers in the area. If anything Chubby Harper can correct that History there and correct the history in BC. So Chubby Harper, get your appeasing brain out of your ass, and correct the true history of Canada, you arrogant Basterd!

Comments from Globe & Mail article of Dec. 7th, 2006 on New Brunswick Court ruling

Dan Van Gageldonk and all the other dissatisfied Canadians, Well; sorry to disappoint you all, but out here in and around Vancouver, the early governments of BC did steal the land from the First People of this territory. Unceded territory, do you and your prejudiced minds know what that means? Fiduciary responsibility. Do you know what that means? IN fact all you Canadians who disagree with the new ruling, Why not climb on your big ship and head back to your ancestor’s homeland and fight for your former territory, since, then you will know the land claim shuffle. We, as native people have every right to re-claim what was stolen, tricked and cajoled from our ancestors, our relations, and realign our soil, wood, animals, marine life, self-esteem and self factualization as the first people of this territory, who helped your ancestors to survive in the first winter during contact. IN return, your ancestors became turncoats, liars, and schemers. Not much different from today’s' capitalist expansionists. Otherwise, does your research, get your heads out of your stereotypical ass, and do what is right for our future generations. Miigweech, All my relations!