I’m not sure exactly the kind of meeting we are going to because some meetings we have been invited to before, we were supposed to just sit there and listen and not really ask any questions. Later on we’d find out it was a meeting where we were consulted.
Chief Darrell McCallum of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation on preparing for a meeting of Canadian Chiefs and the Prime Minister of Canada.
Yeah, that’s right. The government tells us they consult with Natives on national and provincial issues, but really our Chiefs were basically told to sit there and shut up.
This is my government telling me how worthless my voice, as a Native Canadian, is. I seriously don’t have the words to explain how depressing knowing this is - knowing that the government invites Chiefs to the capitol to be ignored.
I’m sad that Boo will never know the joy of hearing the Dickie Dee bells in the summertime.
Man, when I was a kid and I heard that cart coming, I’d run as fast as I could to my house to get some money from my Mom so I could buy a Rocket Pop or a Phantom :D
Ottawa gives reserves 1000 slop pails for water crisis.
WINNIPEG—The same remote northern Manitoba reserves that were sent body bags during the H1N1 flu outbreak say Ottawa has come up with a similarly “archaic and degrading” solution to their lack of running water — 1,000 slop pails.
The Island Lake Tribal Council says it asked Indian Affairs to help address the water crisis on its four remote reserves northeast of Lake Winnipeg. At least half of the homes on the reserves, which have a combined population of 10,000, don’t have running water.
For those of you who’ve never experienced life in a reserve house with no running water, a slop pail is exactly what it sounds like: a household chamber pot. It’s not pleasant.
Way to go Ottawa; bandage solutions all around. If this happened in a city how fast do you think the problem would be resolved?
Stereotypical Canadian Moose: It’s not just the weather that’s cooler in Canada: You live next door...
It’s not just the weather that’s cooler in Canada: You live next door to a clean-cut, quiet guy. He never plays loud music or throws raucous parties. He doesn’t gossip over the fence, just smiles politely and offers you some tomatoes. His lawn is cared-for, his house is neat as a pin and you get…
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Pregant Iowa Woman Arrested for Falling Down Stairs
Last month, after an upsetting phone conversation with her estranged husband, Ms. Taylor became light-headed and fell down a flight of stairs in her home. Paramedics rushed to the scene and ultimately declared her healthy. However, since she was pregnant with her third child at the time, Taylor thought it would be best to be seen at the local ER to make sure her fetus was unharmed.
That’s when things got really bad and really crazy. Alone, distraught, and frightened, Taylor confided in the nurse treating her that she hadn’t always been sure she’d wanted this baby, now that she was single and unemployed. She’d considered both adoption and abortion before ultimately deciding to keep the child. The nurse then summoned a doctor, who questioned her further about her thoughts on ending the pregnancy. Next thing Taylor knew, she was being arrested for attempted feticide. Apparently the nurse and doctor thought that Taylor threw herself down the stairs on purpose.
Arrested because she went to the doctor to be sure everything was okay. What. The. Flying. Fuck.
I just dropped my sandwich while reading this. Seriously? Whatthefuckiswrongwiththiscountry!?
Seriously, things like this are why I love Canada more and more each day. This would never happen here. Ever.
(via edman)
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What my Tumblr dashboard has taught me lately: to be even more thankful than usual that I’m Canadian.
(via espresso-with-lies)
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I never knew this was a thing until I went to visit my Uncle and Auntie in the states. I went to take off my shoes and they laughed at me like, “What are you doing?!” Then they said, “keep them on, haha..Canadian customs.”
Haha…whatever. I think it’s gross to wear your shoes inside.
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mdt:
Aaannnd we’re officially using clown money.
Great job guys. I know counterfeiting is a big issue and all but I’d like to think that it isn’t more important than our national dignity.
GTFO America, coloured money is our thing.
(via brain-food)
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SKATCH Clothing Company: Saskatchewan Day Sale!!!
Alternative Logo Tees -…
Point being - I had no idea we had a Saskatchewan Day. Anybody else know that? Anyone? Does anybody care?
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