Thank you so much for this work. It is highly unpopular to question or investigate critically anything that has to do with Indigenous people. It is such a loss for our country, we had an opportunity to find true and good ways to "walk together" and there is SUCH a willingness in most Canadians to learn and engage with Indigenous communities, but they turned to the grift and ran with it dishonestly. I find that hard to forgive, even though I do understand how alluring victim mentality combined with financial reward and social status can be for all humans.
Michelle, I realize that if one does the math, Ray Peters' obituary would lead one to think that Ray and Antoinette had married in 1958. But we know that isn't so, because the newspaper articles say that Antoinette was unwed when she abandoned baby Ed in August of 1959. It's likely that the family members writing the obit are referring to the 47 years that Antoinette and Ray were TOGETHER as a couple, which of course would have been since 1958 (he impregnated her in Dec 1958). Antoinette seems to have never taken the Peters surname. Most of her kids took the Archie surname, though a couple of the last ones used the surname Peters. It's possible that Antoinette and Ray didn't formally marry until many years into their relationship.
Thank you so much for this work. It is highly unpopular to question or investigate critically anything that has to do with Indigenous people. It is such a loss for our country, we had an opportunity to find true and good ways to "walk together" and there is SUCH a willingness in most Canadians to learn and engage with Indigenous communities, but they turned to the grift and ran with it dishonestly. I find that hard to forgive, even though I do understand how alluring victim mentality combined with financial reward and social status can be for all humans.
I just watched "the bitter roots" on Rumble, your work is very compelling. Thank you for your work.
i too have sent this message.
Good suggestion, Grace. I've sent a message and hope others will too.
Michelle, I realize that if one does the math, Ray Peters' obituary would lead one to think that Ray and Antoinette had married in 1958. But we know that isn't so, because the newspaper articles say that Antoinette was unwed when she abandoned baby Ed in August of 1959. It's likely that the family members writing the obit are referring to the 47 years that Antoinette and Ray were TOGETHER as a couple, which of course would have been since 1958 (he impregnated her in Dec 1958). Antoinette seems to have never taken the Peters surname. Most of her kids took the Archie surname, though a couple of the last ones used the surname Peters. It's possible that Antoinette and Ray didn't formally marry until many years into their relationship.