Archive - Sep 1, 2013
CBC Radio interviews three former Indian Affairs ministers discussing Idle No More movement
September 1, 2013 - 4:57pm | by brianbeatonINDIGENOUS ISSUES writes ... Former Ministers of Indian Affairs admit that they had to learn on the job the history of the treaty process in Canada. What is worse one of these former ministers actually suggests that in Canada there is the need to understand Indigenous Nations not as sovereign but rather at "domestic dependent nations" as has happened in the United States. This interview by Michael Enright is telling of Canada's ignorance about decolonization, self-governance, First Nations ...