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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Imagine how long these meetings would take if the people in the Mediterranean followed the same practices! Some areas there have forcibly changed hands up to 100 times over the last 5000 years.
Actually, I guess I don't entirely know how these acknowledgements work in Canada... when we acknowledge the Tsuut'ina do we also mention that they took this area from the Blackfoot? Some wikipedia reading says that the Blackfoot took this area from the Shoshone and/or Arapaho. I'm guessing we don't actually acknowledge them, or do we?
Ok, I did some more reading, and according to the Calgary Foundation, this is the current acknowledgement:
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta District 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
So we do recognize the Blackfoot and others, but we don't go as far back as the Shoshone and Arapaho. Maybe at a Siksika meeting they recognize that they're meeting on land once held by the Shoshone.
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How much does Spain pay in reparations to most of South America? Portugal?
England to India and Africa?
Belgium to the Congo?
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