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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Considering how much face time VANOC is giving to BC aboriginals, they should have made it look like a Mohawk.
I was watched the Lighting of the torch today from Victoria. At one point, an aboriginal leader was at the mic and made a comment that was directed at the non-aboriginals in the crowd and watching on tv, (paraphrasing) "We welcome you now to our land, as we have welcomed you before so many times". It was followed by what may have been the most awkward applause ever. Sorry chief, I don't really buy into the whole 'its your land' thing anymore. I'm all for embracing multiculturalism, but the native presence in these games just doesn't reflect West Coast or Canadian culture.
And that's all I have to say about that.
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It's funny to hear that, because growing up in Europe the natives were idolized for their connection with nature. In fact, I remember a childrens book called "The earth doesn't belong to us, we belong to the Earth" (note also this is the same principle discussed in Pocahontas (sp?)). It seems ironic that it is the so-called "white-mans greed" that is causing this leader (chief) to sway from his elders beliefs, whose culture and beliefs are supposed to be "protected" and upheld with these land treaties.