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peter john wraight's avatar

regards point #4 My relatives suffered greatly from this as we were some of the same people who were denied services that we all suffered greatly for. Our great relatives were castigated and looked down upon by the leader of the Church in our huge area and our children abused by the local cleric and whats more this was well documented in Parliament, in fact a huge outcry was made by district judges and the news was covered by every paper in the country and I demand to know why we have not been compensated for this not one penny was ever given in restitution..

Furthermore my Great great Uncle was bayoneted to death by the soldiers of the day and several more of my relatives and their friends were hung for their troubles. This is well documented in the book by P.G. Rogers "Battle in Bossenden Wood" This happened in 1838 and during the preceeding hundreds of years our children were denied ANY EDUCATION and were forced to work in the fields like virtual slaves in order to afford to eat.

Yes indeed the poor Injuns might be interested to know that the Colonials (The people in charge in England) did not make schools mandatory until 1838.

This is not a fairy tale this is not a knowing this is factual you can look it up. The minister (cleric) was the reverend WRIGHT from Hernhill in Kent, England. The full account was published in every single newspaper in England and you can still find the records of it from the house of lords records. My great Gt Uncle is Edward WRAIGHT these facts are correct I have his death certificate that proves it but for those who doubt it google it & the battle mentioned and you can see it for yourself.

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Jim McMurtry's avatar

Another relevant and intellectually fresh article from this anonymous teacher. I find it most interesting that schools teach concurrently about “Indigenous exceptionalism and victimhood.” Which is it, or can they be superior and inferior at the same time?

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