Apparently (according to cultural theorists) the Indigenous are unable to represent themselves in any meaningful way, and/or if they are NOT represented in Western (aka White hegemonical) societal-cultural representations, have NO value. I suggest the actual Indigenous living their lives would disagree, or at least find these academic-based pursuits foolish. But the lives of actual Indigenous people is, of course, not really the matter here. What is going on is simply a passive-aggressive transfer of power, privilege and economy to people who are unproductive and otherwise useless (academics and those who cling to their coat-tails as "activists" and other sycophantic, publicly-funded opportunists). Not that there aren't always opportunists, but hiding power strategies behind Noble Savage mythologies is disingenuous at best. And for every dollar and privilege handed off to actual Indigenous, that much more of the same is garnered by their Great White allies and self-annointed saviours.
Don’t be surprised that while you're deep in your naive beauty sleep, they'll change the name of our country, wipe the maple leaf from our flag, and rewrite our national anthem (again). Or more likely, replace it entirely with their land acknowledgment. And that's just scratching the surface... For God's sake and the future of our children, WAKE UP!
And here I thought that the F.N.'s didn't like being associated with "Settlers" But in terms of alternate names why not choose one that resonates with Canada's genocidal past like, "Dachau or Bergen-Belsen" Pioneer Village.
The same thing happened in the Royal BC Museum in Victoria a few years ago. Following the announcement of "215 bodies in a mass grave" in Kamloops, UNDRIP was quietly passed into regulation in BC as BCDRIPA. It slid in under the radar, so to speak, pun intended. The RBCM at some points in its history was one of the top 20 small museums in the world. It contained an "old town" re-creation and other "settler" interactive exhibits, as well as ones focused on indigenous history. The "settler" exhibits were summarily ripped out a couple of years ago, citing flimsy excuses, but what came to light in the RBCM's "engagement" campaign (all these quotes are used intentionally) was RBCM's "decolonization" mandate as driven by BCDRIPA. There was no public engagement process. There was a small one that involved only one ethnic demographic -- and it ain't "settlers." The result of that process was a public announcement of the need to spend a billion dollars on a completely new museum, one that would focus on the "real" BC history -- i.e., that pre-contact edenic fairy tail that we are supposed to believe existed on the west coast, one that ignores slavery, internecine wars, famine, et cetera, and a "real" BC history that brings front and centre the "genocide" that took place post-contact. The public at last stood on its feet and the billion dollar museum idea was shelved. Horgan retired. The new premier, David Eby, is 10 times the wokester Horgan was. 100 times. Now the RBCM is undertaking again a "public engagement" campaign but a quick perusal of their mandate sees BCDRIPA as the primary driver. It's the first thing on the RBCM engagement poster. That's just a short little history of the current events at the RBCM, which is now a shell of itself, riven apart by claims of racism and colonialism (when you bring a viper into the nest don't be surprised if it kills everything in the nest, let's just say).
The name "Colony Farm Park" in Port Coquitlam BC was changed last year to ƛ̓éxətəm (tla-hut-um) Regional Park to "better reflect its history." The new name means "To be invited." The name "Colony" was considered hurtful and not reflective, although the Park was established as Colony Farm back in 1908, to feed the people in prisons, mental hospitals, and other similar institutions in the area. The farm won numerous awards at provincial fairs for its quality produce and livestock, was closed in 1983 to become a park. Now its over 100 year name has been officially erased, without any consultation with the wider community, and very few except activists and Indigenous band members can pronounce, read or remember the the new one. If anything, having the two names side by side would have been a much better idea re: reconciliation. The info. link on the name change is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKlv69161eI
No thank you like many others I will not spend money to hear all about the Gimme Gimmee Gimmee tribe or to be insulted by the lgb2q2spiritalpahbet group. I can see that daily on the Canadian TV adds that show Canada to be full of blacks and queers with just the right amount of the odd whitie thrown in. Funny that I never realized that Canada has so few white people left and they are mostly French speaking.
I find it rich that self-serving DEI pedlars call themselves members of “equity-deserving communities.” Rather convenient for them to rid our society of equality, merit, fair play…
To remove the name pioneer from the village is too daft to consider, but that the focus should be on what “Black and 2SLGBTQ+ communities” is, well, dafter.
Due to the effects of the epidemics and of the "mourning wars" between the Iroquois and the Hurons, Petuns, Eries and Neutrals, southwestern Ontario had one of the lowest indigenous populations of any arable of Anglo America in the mid-nineteenth century.
The traditional indigenous people of the area, the Neutrals were consumed early in the Iroquois-Huron wars and either died in epidemics or were adopted by the Hurons or Iroquois and relocated to their core territory near Georgian Bay and the Finger Lakes, respectively.
One of the reasons the north shore of Lake Ontario was chosen as the core of the new Upper Canada colony created in response to the American Revolution was because it was highly fertile, previously used for horticulture by indigenous people and had almost no remaining indigenous population.
The last time i went to Black Creek Village was a haunted wake during the pandemic. Progressive Flag on the front door, with a non-binary guide proudly claiming their pronouns forcing everyone to mask up in that drafty houses during the tour. This should be unsurprising.
Apparently (according to cultural theorists) the Indigenous are unable to represent themselves in any meaningful way, and/or if they are NOT represented in Western (aka White hegemonical) societal-cultural representations, have NO value. I suggest the actual Indigenous living their lives would disagree, or at least find these academic-based pursuits foolish. But the lives of actual Indigenous people is, of course, not really the matter here. What is going on is simply a passive-aggressive transfer of power, privilege and economy to people who are unproductive and otherwise useless (academics and those who cling to their coat-tails as "activists" and other sycophantic, publicly-funded opportunists). Not that there aren't always opportunists, but hiding power strategies behind Noble Savage mythologies is disingenuous at best. And for every dollar and privilege handed off to actual Indigenous, that much more of the same is garnered by their Great White allies and self-annointed saviours.
Watch out Canada!
Don’t be surprised that while you're deep in your naive beauty sleep, they'll change the name of our country, wipe the maple leaf from our flag, and rewrite our national anthem (again). Or more likely, replace it entirely with their land acknowledgment. And that's just scratching the surface... For God's sake and the future of our children, WAKE UP!
And here I thought that the F.N.'s didn't like being associated with "Settlers" But in terms of alternate names why not choose one that resonates with Canada's genocidal past like, "Dachau or Bergen-Belsen" Pioneer Village.
I think we should rename Upper Canada Village to Upper Canada Racist Village.
What I want to know is, who makes these decisions? Is there some Board of Directors of this corporation that agrees to this self-flagellation?
The same thing happened in the Royal BC Museum in Victoria a few years ago. Following the announcement of "215 bodies in a mass grave" in Kamloops, UNDRIP was quietly passed into regulation in BC as BCDRIPA. It slid in under the radar, so to speak, pun intended. The RBCM at some points in its history was one of the top 20 small museums in the world. It contained an "old town" re-creation and other "settler" interactive exhibits, as well as ones focused on indigenous history. The "settler" exhibits were summarily ripped out a couple of years ago, citing flimsy excuses, but what came to light in the RBCM's "engagement" campaign (all these quotes are used intentionally) was RBCM's "decolonization" mandate as driven by BCDRIPA. There was no public engagement process. There was a small one that involved only one ethnic demographic -- and it ain't "settlers." The result of that process was a public announcement of the need to spend a billion dollars on a completely new museum, one that would focus on the "real" BC history -- i.e., that pre-contact edenic fairy tail that we are supposed to believe existed on the west coast, one that ignores slavery, internecine wars, famine, et cetera, and a "real" BC history that brings front and centre the "genocide" that took place post-contact. The public at last stood on its feet and the billion dollar museum idea was shelved. Horgan retired. The new premier, David Eby, is 10 times the wokester Horgan was. 100 times. Now the RBCM is undertaking again a "public engagement" campaign but a quick perusal of their mandate sees BCDRIPA as the primary driver. It's the first thing on the RBCM engagement poster. That's just a short little history of the current events at the RBCM, which is now a shell of itself, riven apart by claims of racism and colonialism (when you bring a viper into the nest don't be surprised if it kills everything in the nest, let's just say).
The name "Colony Farm Park" in Port Coquitlam BC was changed last year to ƛ̓éxətəm (tla-hut-um) Regional Park to "better reflect its history." The new name means "To be invited." The name "Colony" was considered hurtful and not reflective, although the Park was established as Colony Farm back in 1908, to feed the people in prisons, mental hospitals, and other similar institutions in the area. The farm won numerous awards at provincial fairs for its quality produce and livestock, was closed in 1983 to become a park. Now its over 100 year name has been officially erased, without any consultation with the wider community, and very few except activists and Indigenous band members can pronounce, read or remember the the new one. If anything, having the two names side by side would have been a much better idea re: reconciliation. The info. link on the name change is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKlv69161eI
No thank you like many others I will not spend money to hear all about the Gimme Gimmee Gimmee tribe or to be insulted by the lgb2q2spiritalpahbet group. I can see that daily on the Canadian TV adds that show Canada to be full of blacks and queers with just the right amount of the odd whitie thrown in. Funny that I never realized that Canada has so few white people left and they are mostly French speaking.
More woke, anti-white vileness. When will it stop?
another place to avoid
they wont get any of my $
I find it rich that self-serving DEI pedlars call themselves members of “equity-deserving communities.” Rather convenient for them to rid our society of equality, merit, fair play…
To remove the name pioneer from the village is too daft to consider, but that the focus should be on what “Black and 2SLGBTQ+ communities” is, well, dafter.
Due to the effects of the epidemics and of the "mourning wars" between the Iroquois and the Hurons, Petuns, Eries and Neutrals, southwestern Ontario had one of the lowest indigenous populations of any arable of Anglo America in the mid-nineteenth century.
The traditional indigenous people of the area, the Neutrals were consumed early in the Iroquois-Huron wars and either died in epidemics or were adopted by the Hurons or Iroquois and relocated to their core territory near Georgian Bay and the Finger Lakes, respectively.
One of the reasons the north shore of Lake Ontario was chosen as the core of the new Upper Canada colony created in response to the American Revolution was because it was highly fertile, previously used for horticulture by indigenous people and had almost no remaining indigenous population.
Pathetic.
The last time i went to Black Creek Village was a haunted wake during the pandemic. Progressive Flag on the front door, with a non-binary guide proudly claiming their pronouns forcing everyone to mask up in that drafty houses during the tour. This should be unsurprising.