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Originally Posted by Johnny199r
My spouse's mother and her band were forced off their reserve a couple of years ago when the Manitoba gov't decided to flood their reserve in order to protect land further south (read : white people's land)
They still dont have a reserve to return to (which is their treaty right)
I think Aboriginal people in this country feel very different about the moral superiority of Canada than non aboriginal residents do. I sure see why.
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I think there are a lot of white people still upset as well that their land was flooded to protect other white peoples land to. I don't think race motivated the decision on what land to flood if you are talking about the red river floods.
As for the treaty rights not being restored I know nothing about that but Canada does have a fairly robust process for land claims currently estblished. Where is it currently at within the court system?