POLL: How should a BC Legion atone for publishing a joke about ‘beer-baiting’ and hunting Indigenous people to their death?
A Legion based out of Cranbrook BC is at the center of a storm over a racist joke printed in its August 2012 newsletter. The joke’s premise features non-native hunters from two different Prairie provinces discussing whether it’s okay to pick off Indians with a rifle. After the one shows the other how it’s done...
POLL: Should boxer Damien Hooper have apologized for displaying an Aboriginal flag at the Olympics?
An Aboriginal boxer competing on behalf of Australia who also maintains clear allegiances to his people has gotten into some hot water for his visible display of the latter at the summer Olympic Games in London this week. In what is perhaps an ironically telling comment on the state of that country’s effort at Settler/Aboriginal...
POLL: Is Johnny Depp’s ‘Tonto’ a salute or slight to native people?
Cast your vote on Depp's modern take on old Hollywood Indian sidekick
POLL: Does Canada’s new Indian Affairs minister signal a change in policy?
Well, they’ve gone and chucked Strahl — critics of Indian Affairs will have to slam Duncan now. And as MP John Duncan busies himself printing new business cards, we want to gauge the waters of public opinion on this change-up in political personnel. What, if anything, could this ministerial switch mean in terms of possible...
POLL: Is it fair to reserve some government jobs just for Aboriginal people and visible minorities?
Canada’s employment equity policies (known as “affirmative action” in the U.S.) could be headed for a major overhaul after an Ontario woman was blocked from applying for a job with the federal government because she’s white. Sara Landriault was filling out an application for a job as an administrative assistant with Canada’s Department of Citizenship...
POLL: Should the Indian Act be gone by 2015?
Ah, the Indian Act. You know it, you hate it, you’re one of millions wondering what to do with it. Shawn Atleo thinks he knows. In fact, this week the Assembly of First Nations leader urged that the Act be repealed and replaced in its entirety by no later than 2015. Replaced with what, you...
Poll: Who’s Your Pick for Canada’s New Governor General?
Although these things are never scientific, the poll we recently put out there on-line about whether Canada’s next Governor General should be Aboriginal indicates that, as of midnight, June 30, a decent majority (65%) of voters are in favour of the idea. (If you haven’t already, you can still vote.) Given this level of support...
POLL: Should Canada’s Next Governor General Be Aboriginal?
According to the CBC, the head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Ron Evans, thinks Canada’s next appointee to the position of Governor General should be someone Aboriginal. The report says Evans believes the unprecedented move would unite Canadians. His nominees: Phil Fontaine (former Assembly of First Nations leader) and Leona Aglukkaq (current federal Health...
POLL: Do You Love or Loathe the Chicago Blackhawks Logo?
Yesterday, I posted a video from a Chicago television station wherein a sports anchor implied that the logo for the Chicago Blackhawks does not inspire the “fury” among Aboriginal people that other logos do. Well, wouldn’t you know it, non-Aboriginal sports columnist Damien Cox went and recently branded the logo as “racially insensitive.” Judging from...
