I would like to apologize for ranting about racism. It's just a sore subject when you deal with it all your life and see a whole bunch of posts about first nations. I for one don't live on the reserve. I pay taxes like everyone else and actually contribute to society. So I get riled when all natives get generalized together. The problem with native life that nobody ever sees, is that when we actually do step up and try to make a difference, it gets buried. It's not important enough to make headlines. But yet somehow a little girl losing her dog is Millet is prime time news that it makes it on Global, CFRN and CBC. Five non-natives got caught poaching on my reserve but it didn't make the news. That's the way it goes. Even if their tribe was to punish them you won't hear about it. My reserve is the same way. We have done so much positive that no one will ever hear about it. But as soon as one crime is committed, it's front page news. Many times my tribal council has laid charges on a person and nothing gets done because the police won't enforce it. The whole problem with the scenario at hand is that the police didn't take the matter further, other than ticketing for an unlicensed firearm. It was even worse when they let them leave with the animals. The biggest mistake is that the land owner didn't lay charges. It's a crappy scenario that has happened far too many times. People just need to see the criminals for themselves. Not that they are natives. I'm just sick of seeing open racism towards first nations in Canada and no one bats an eye. But you say one thing about a black person and all of North America is on your *ss. The double standards are BS. All racism needs to end. The treaties are there, they aren't going anywhere. So complaining about the "Privileges", not Rights (I agree that they are privileges), isn't going to change anything. The crimes need to speak for themselves. Not the race of the criminal.
