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[Wraieth]

The first nations have been an important ally to us since the American revolution, and they make up a relatively large percentage of the population both on and off of the reservations on the west coast, and northern ontario, quebec, and the territories east of alaska all the way up to the north pole. There've been a lot of protests lately from the local tribes in Toronto, and there's fear of a potentially armed uprising pretty soon over natural resources. Happened about 10-15 years ago in Quebec, don't know how well something like that would go over down south of the border

well if history was any indication of the outcome we would cease to exist. The nations here are to far scattered and not united enough for anything like that. And even if we was our numbers now are far to few for it to have anything but a horrible outcome for us. we cant stop bickering with ourselves long enough to accomplish the unity they have in canada.

Maybe at one point we could have made a diffrence but i fear that time is long since past. I go to the gathering of nations and other pow wows when able. But it seems every year theres some new internal termoil that has started up.

My people are proud but sadly we have never realy recoverd from being conquerd either. So we hold on to as much of the old ways as possible while trying to adjust to a world that dosnt understand or care to understand us.

[ironhands]

well if history was any indication of the outcome we would cease to exist. The nations here are to far scattered and not united enough for anything like that. And even if we was our numbers now are far to few for it to have anything but a horrible outcome for us. we cant stop bickering with ourselves long enough to accomplish the unity they have in canada.

Maybe at one point we could have made a diffrence but i fear that time is long since past. I go to the gathering of nations and other pow wows when able. But it seems every year theres some new internal termoil that has started up.

My people are proud but sadly we have never realy recoverd from being conquerd either. So we hold on to as much of the old ways as possible while trying to adjust to a world that dosnt understand or care to understand us.

They're doing pretty well up in Nunavut. Anyone following this thread, who doesn't know - nunavut is the largest province in canada, but only had around 25-30k people living in it, almost entirely native. the capital is Iqaluit, but most people who don't live there spell it Iqualit, which translates as "person who doesn't wash their hands after they wipe in the bathroom".

Guess i've effectively just put this thread back on-topic with that :P

[Wraieth]

The first nations have been an important ally to us since the American revolution, and they make up a relatively large percentage of the population both on and off of the reservations on the west coast, and northern ontario, quebec, and the territories east of alaska all the way up to the north pole. There've been a lot of protests lately from the local tribes in Toronto, and there's fear of a potentially armed uprising pretty soon over natural resources. Happened about 10-15 years ago in Quebec, don't know how well something like that would go over down south of the border

The diffrence is in your country the goverment choose to co-exists with the tribes. Where as here we wasnt given a choice it was submit or die. no inbetween.

And even after the wars ended the land we was given (if you can call it that) in most cases was swamp or desert not fertile or diverse enough to support a sustained population. Is heart sickening to me. even in the schools my kids attend they tend to leave us out of the history lessons.


Edited to remove the things that had already been posted .

[Wraieth]

Sorry for the double post im not sure why it didnt post the entire message the first time ..

[ironhands]

The diffrence is in your country the goverment choose to co-exists with the tribes. Where as here we wasnt given a choice it was submit or die. no inbetween.

And even after the wars ended the land we was given (if you can call it that) in most cases was swamp or desert not fertile or diverse enough to support a sustained population. Is heart sickening to me. even in the schools my kids attend they tend to leave us out of the history lessons.

Nunavut certainly isn't "habitable" by most standards - considering it extends right to the north pole, but much of the population is Inuit (eskimo), so it's the land they've been used to. It was created/handed over in 1999, and is three times the size of Texas, with half the population of Scranton PA

[Wraieth]

Nunavut certainly isn't "habitable" by most standards - considering it extends right to the north pole, but much of the population is Inuit (eskimo), so it's the land they've been used to. It was created/handed over in 1999, and is three times the size of Texas, with half the population of Scranton PA

yea but from what i know about the inuit ( which i am sad to say is very little) that is exactly the kind of land they would call home anyways. I will admit they are a mystery even to us . As the enviroments they happily call home is to extreme for most of us native or otherwise.

[ironhands]

yea but from what i know about the inuit ( which i am sad to say is very little) that is exactly the kind of land they would call home anyways. I will admit they are a mystery even to us . As the enviroments they happily call home is to extreme for most of us native or otherwise.

exactly, the deserts would be just as alien to them - though they're both harsh climates where you must take care of the environment in order to survive. I guess this is one explanation as to how or why a native family might have more survivability in the defiance world - being able to understand or adapt to the changing environment if they were traditional anyway. the biggest obvious difference, not counting the environment, is the lack of "cave paintings" or totem poles, the inuit are known for inukshuks - piles of rocks that vaguely resemble the shape of a man

[Wraieth]

exactly, the deserts would be just as alien to them - though they're both harsh climates where you must take care of the environment in order to survive. I guess this is one explanation as to how or why a native family might have more survivability in the defiance world - being able to understand or adapt to the changing environment if they were traditional anyway. the biggest obvious difference, not counting the environment, is the lack of "cave paintings" or totem poles, the inuit are known for inukshuks - piles of rocks that vaguely resemble the shape of a man

Yea i see what your saying. if someone thru a switch that shut off the worlds power and sent us back to using fire and candles for living. I have no doubt my family could survive. We enjoy all the things that most do ( altho i dont live on the res and havnt since i was young) i still teach my children the old ways of hunting fishing and tracking.

My father and grandfathers taught me to build shelter in the wild and how to find the things i need to survive. And they taught me the things i didnt need. i can definatly see how that could be a huge advantage in a world like defiance .