Saturday, March 6, 2010

Point of Clarification

Point of Clarification concerning the Delgamuukw court case of 1997, emails came in saying the Supreme Court of Canada did not hear and come to a decision concerning Delgamuukw. If we want to be factual, yes that was the clear understanding, the court decided or encouraged the parties to reach a negotiated rather then a litigated settlement. Lets be factual, the Supreme Court made their decision, but didn't have the fortitude to define the outcomes, as our previous post states concerning the Delgamuukw decision, there are holes in the process, and that is why it could be interpreted many different ways, but to First Nations people it is success without success, its a good start. In other words, its a good framework to a building process, the politically correct word now, "Consultation", it needs to take place. We recently received a email from a women in Arkansas, were she stated what we are trying to purpose is racist and unfair to Non-Indian people. This is a very good question, is she correct or is she not, are we being one-sided, or are we educating.  These are all good questions, and please keep sending your emails. A few Chiefs have asked me why it feels like we are educating the Non-First Nations society about us, and our possible trade secrets. These are good questions as well, are we doing that, it this our purpose. Most forms of communication are healthy, we may or may not agree with the presentation of it, but communication does need to take place to draw an understanding. We feel it is time for us to really communicate with each other, not just dressing up so that we can be in the same room with one another, it is time for real communication, commitments, process and understanding. Allow us to be apart of a re-building future for all of us to benefit.

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