"Natives did not know how to farm (which was how about 80 per cent of Canadians made a living), and efforts to teach them had failed."
The quote above belongs to Cliff Fletcher from page 2 of this thread..
Myths and misconceptions like this just prove the point that colonialism is ongoing (we aren't being taught the correct history in school. Is that not a form of institutional racism?)
There were many First Nations that were extremely successful in agriculture, and it was this success that had the government step in and develop policies to make it near impossible for FN's to succeed. Our government KNOWINGLY and PURPOSELY sabotaged their farming practices because of complaints from white settlers. I am not making this #### up!
If you look at the facts it is not hard to connect the dots and realize that the policy makers at the time were purposely undermining First Nations at practically every possible turn. They knew damn well what they were doing.
There are some damn good quotes I wanted to paste from this link but the formatting goes all wonky on me, which is frustrating beyond belief because the guys who should be reading this in all likelihood won't even bother.
http://apihtawikosisan.com/wp-conten...griculture.pdf