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Joan's avatar

The other day I happened across the "Living Legends" website of Indigenous Tourism BC, where one can watch a number of short videos (2-3 minutes) promoting ways that the non-indigenous can experience indigenous culture as tourists. https://www.indigenousbc.com/stories/living-legends/

All the clips and articles are really heavy on the notion of indigenous exceptionalism and the idea of using this-or-that as "medicine," etc. The introduction to the series reads:

<< Living Legends are stories from Elders and other Knowledge Keepers, adults who relearn culture and share their enthusiasm about new opportunities to apply Indigenous Knowledge, and youth who accept responsibility for carrying Indigenous culture and identity into the future with pride. The series also shares stories about sustainable ways of living together – Indigenous innovations in food security, architecture, and medicine. Indigenous Peoples are the original innovators and inventors and are skilled in adapting to changing environments, technologies, and circumstances. >>

Michelle's mention of bannock brought to mind one of the "Living Legends" cultural reclamation stories. To help you understand how traditional indigenous practices like the "Mr. Bannock" food truck are helping to keep the culture alive, check out https://www.indigenousbc.com/stories/living-legends-stone-smoke-clay/ (1.34 mins). I'm kind of coveting that stainless steel mandolin that Chef Paul Natrall is using to slice his onion and grate the parmesan for his pasta dish.

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

He got his lime juice from British "Limeys" as well, which he squeezed on to his indigenous pasta and squash. These "decolonizers" are so amusingly colonized without knowing it. Limes from Indonesia, to India, to Arab traders and colonizers, to Africa and thence to Canadian indigenous colonized cooks --- er --- KOOKS! A kook cook with a Kokum who put lime on her squash and pasta dish. Gotta thank Marco Polo and China for the noodles, but Arab colonizers for the citrus fruits! Good HISTORY lesson Michelle and fun facts from Joan.

Kevin

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Bonnie's avatar

Awesomeness history story as per usual Michelle … got me into a rabbit hole now refreshing my history classes!

👏🏻🎯

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Michelle Stirling's avatar

Ha! Today the King claimed he was on unceded land, but Jacques Cartier claimed it for France years ago and no one objected at the time. Guess the King was wrong.

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

Both Wolf and Montcalm died, so that Bonnie Prince Charlie the third could prove he was almost as stupid as Donald Trump. At least we all get the "leaders" we deserve. Charlie is "green" too, proving he is just another dumb German from Hanover, whereas his Momsy was almost as good as the first Elizabeth. There was a lady who could kick butt and teach her boys how high to kick her enemies' butts.

Gotta love those English Liz's.

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Bruce Dickson's avatar

White guilt plus revisionism = a ticket to taxation bonanza.

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

There is nothing left to tax. We are 1.4 trillion in debt and most of it has been borrowed from dopey Canadians' pension plans and bank accounts --- i.e. those Canadians who actually have anything in their bank savings accounts, which is fewer and fewer Canadians as time goes by. So it is not a taxation bonanza. It is an inflation guarantee.

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Bruce Dickson's avatar

Inflation is a tax

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

Only if you deem all taxation to be fraudulent. I don't mind being taxed to fund policemen, fire fighters and emergency services vehicles and those who staff them.

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Bruce Dickson's avatar

Taxation is also a means of funding claims and settlements

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

By Syllogism:

DICKSON: Taxation is also a means of funding claims and settlements.

DICKSON: Inflation is taxation (literally "is a tax")

THEREFORE Inflation is also a means of funding claims and settlements.

I wonder ... but think not.

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Grace Joubarne's avatar

Like the boy who cried wolf, I think the Aboriginals are losing the respect and compassion of millions of Canadians, who, like myself, tried to help as much as possible.

I noticed over my lifetime that many of the homeless Aboriginals that I tried to help didn't want to learn 'how to fish', they just wanted the fish.

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