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Cake day: September 29th, 2023

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  • Personally, I’d argue that was more a matter of cultural integration, with a misguided/mismanaged school system lead by a religious group – and that religious group was definitely keen on indoctrinating people into their faith, as religious groups are, but they’re at semi-arms length from the regular population/government

    "When the school is on the reserve, the child lives with its parents, who are savages, and though he may learn to read and write, his habits and training mode of thought are Indian. He is simply a savage who can read and write. It has been strongly impressed upon myself, as head of the Department, that Indian children should be withdrawn as much as possible from the parental influence, and the only way to do that would be to put them in central training industrial schools where they will acquire the habits and modes of thought of white men. " - the guy on our $10 bill, i.e. the first PM of Canada.

    Additionally, the Canadian government, even after closing most residential schools (with the last one being open until as recently as 27 years ago), continued to steal children from their families to place them in white homes and further destroy their culture. Look up the 60’s scoop and the ongoing statistics of Indigenous children in the welfare system.

    The RCMP was created to uphold genocidal laws (like the law that outlawed powwows and public displays of culture).

    Yes, Israel’s genocide is plain to see now, but make no mistake, what Canada did was very clear and very intentional genocide, and we continue to uphold that colonial (read: genocidal) system to this day.

    Bonus John A. quote: “The great aim of our legislation has been to do away with the tribal system and assimilate the Indian people in all respects with the other inhabitants of the Dominion as speedily as they are fit to change.”

    I’d also argue that 215 bodies is just as bad as “mass graves” whether or not they were put into a mass grave or individual unmarked graves. And that’s just at one school.



  • Instander is an ad-free version of Instagram. Also, you can review all the data they (meta) has on you and you’ll see what websites have been sharing your data (whether you know it or not). You can check you ad preferences to see how they are personalizing things for you. From my understanding it’ll also base stuff off what your Instagram/fb friends view/like so even if you turn it off but your partner has shown any interest in it, you may get it too.