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Originally Posted by ken0042
You also have to remember a bit of the history; and dare I say phycology. As a group of people, there is still a lot of resentment over what us white people have taken from them. Not just hundreds of years ago, but even as recently as a generation ago with the schools. They take a certain amount of satisfaction in being able to charge us back. And I take this info from friends who live on another reserve, who make sure I know exactly what to say to anybody who stops me. I have to be able to say who I am visiting and exactly where I am going, and that they are expecting me.
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I agree Ken, but if the push is towards reconciliation then these types of actions don't help, IMO.
I have said before the native population of Canada has had a raw deal, but I have also said that if the truly wish to move forward they need to do just that move forward.
While they may be within their legal rights, there is also the optics of this action.
On Saturday we were coming back from Banff and got caught in a horrible traffic jam on the Morley Flats due to construction. We turned off and I was going to shoot through the reserve to 1A, there was a fella parked across the road turning vehicles around. I don't know if he was looking for money or not. I u-turned and went back 1 km to 1X then to 1A.