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Nope it doesn't. The key is that genocide is directed a a specific group with the intention of reducing the populations of that group. Thus, all First Nations people were targeted by the government when Residential Schools were implemented with the specific goal of erasing the Indian in the child.

Yes I have. Go to AANDC and search on "First Nations trust". However, the consolidated trust is not found in any one location. You have to follow the court cases and accounting through 250 years of history. The fact is that the Six Nations trust on its own merits is worth over $1 trillion and much of it has been embezzled (the government has admitted they are aware of the mis-dealings of Indian Agents) and used for things like the CN railway, the Welland Canal, Osgoode Hall and the failed Grand River Navigation Company, without repayment back to the fund. Nevertheless as a trustee the government has a fiduciary to account for all the money in the trust and maintain it with the interests specified by an Order in Council from 1820 on. By the way the trust was started in 1684 Howard Treaty when the Crown agreed to hold the payment for land in trust on behalf of Six Nations for their perpetual care. A forensic audit conducted by accountants retained by Six Nations actually has the fund at around $2 trillion but there are doubtful expenditures which put the reasonable minimum at $1 trillion. Six Nations is presently in Court to settle a portion of that account over lands sold to Brantford but never paid for. Other First Nations are in similar situations with the Crown agreeing to hold the trust for gas, oil and timber royalties derived from their land, from the sale and settlement of land claims and for annuities promised in treaties and resource agreements. In all that would be a minimum of another $1 trillion.

The First Nations are growing faster than they die or incarcerated. As their populations increase so does the per capita funding obligation from the government.

Generally there wasn't. It was another of the many myths and fears propagated by ignorant peasants. However, it was widely held that Indian Agents would use alcohol at meetings to get them to surrender land. After the Royal Proclamation 1763 it was prohibited for anyone but the Crown to obtain land.

First Nations are not Canadians and are not obligated to live as Canadians. Since all the money they receive is only half their own trust interest, the actual fact is that the Canadian economy and social services are subsidized by First Nations, not the other way around. Why would Aboriginal people want to give up their rights to become self-indulged, legally impotent bigoted wing nuts (of course if you are holding yourself out as an example of what you think a real Canadian is)?

You'll be waiting a long time. First Nations are growing and expanding faster than any other group in Canada. IN fact most cultures are declining, but not First Nations.

The fact of the matter is, all the money First Nations receive come from the interest on the $2 trillion First Nations trust. That amounts to about $35 billion a year, of which Aboriginal Affairs uses half for the joint funding of First Nations and the bureaucracy. Canada uses the rest of the money they are supposed to be paying directly into the trust to fund the economy. The Supreme Court has already ruled the First Nations are Constitutionally entitled to take their portion of the trust from the government and appoint their own trustees. The problem is the government refuses to hand over anything.

There is a serious problem with everyone of any specified race or background when you live in poverty and have been abused and mistreated into hopeless despair. The Residential School legacy has created multi-generations of poor and hopeless people, lacking parenting skills or knowing their family histories. It is well known that abuse creates abusers out of the victims.

No they did not. That myth arises from the story of the Peacemaker who meets a man on the trail who was killing warriors from warring nations and eating their flesh to make sure they would never reincarnate. However, that does not make Aboriginal people cannibals any more than the Black Donnellys makes all Caucasian people cannibals.

Nope. He didn't. But the soldier did piss his pants. The Warriors ridiculed him over it.

Nope. There was a line between both sides. There were only two Warriors in the soldier's face at separate times while at the same time there was a line of soldiers behind him. And that soldier reportedly pissed his pants while standing there.

Just more of YOUR propaganda. Anyone who wants to see the disgrace of the Canadian Armed Forces only needs to see: "Kanehsatake - 270 years of Resistance" A National Film Board Documentary produced by Alanis Obomsawin. It provides live interviews. Also see: "Rocks at Whiskey Trench". Another NFB documentary by the same producer. The CAF acted like uncivilized clowns.

And I'll call you on a lie Angus. There were no other Warriors intimidating that soldier when that confrontation took place. Here's the video. And.... It would have been suicide for the Armed Forces to attack on Canadian soil. The world was watching and UN oversight was on the ground. The Canadian government and the Armed Forces could not have won that one. So it stands. 25 Warriors held off 3500 troops. That is a fact.

Add "Shiditittle" to the list of acceptable parliamentary words coined by Trudeaus......

The Supreme Rule of Law is contained in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, no? So how about you provide the laws that you think Aboriginal people are exempt from....instead of just mouthing your fears?

These types of claims are for lands that have never been surrendered, no treaty exists or for reserve lands that were illegally expropriated. They haven't been paid for in the first place.

See your wishful thinking doesn't match reality. The government has already returned the Burtch Lands, and has the Douglas Estates lands (the land they reclaimed) committed to be returned. As well there are a number of other claims before the courts right now that deal with other lands in Brantford and Brant County that will be returned or fair value compensation in settlement. The government has already recognized these lands were never surrendered. Then there is the Culbertson Tract in Deseronto where the government has acknowledge still belong to the Mohawks. The Haldimand Tract Claim is being prepared to be filed within 2012. So settlement will be a combination of fair value compensation and return of lands. That is the trend.

Nope. The $15 billion AANDC budget is drawn from the $35 billion in interest the government must pay on the trusts. That money comes from Canadian royalties on gas, oil, timber and mining, as well as corporate taxes. Our personal income taxes and HST don't even pay for the services and municipal transfers we receive. Corporate taxes make up the difference.

I don't bite your straw man argument. But we'll never know about any settlements. We can't be party to the negotiations or the court approved settlements. This is all about the law, not public opinion or your feelings.... When was the last time that we heard about a land claim settlement? Harper has apparently settled 130 since taking office.

Not so quick. Many reserves closer to urban areas are becoming economic hubs and people are flocking back to them. They are creating new businesses / corporations competing internationally. They are creating their own banking institutions and markets. Small remote reserves are still needing to catch up. But once they find their commercial cash cow they will be able to join the rest. A recent Supreme Court ruling held that investments on reserve are non-taxable. Reserves could become the new tax shelter for those living off reserve.

What is paid depends on the claim and the loss of use payments negotiated. Th $77 trillion for Ontario comes from the Supreme Court's formula for determining fair value for lands claims settlements. They prescribe that the fair value is as follows: 1. The value of land at the time is was occupied without a surrender, PLUS compounded interest set out by schedule set by an Order in Council from 1820 to the present, PLUS loss of use determined on the potential use of the land for the years is was not in the possession of the First Nation, OR 2. The fair market value of the land at the present (time of settlement) as improved (with all buildings and development) PLUS loss of use determined on the potential use of the land for the years is was not in the possession of the First Nation, whichever is less. A 300 acre parcel worth $14,000 in 1820 would be valued at $1 billion today. The Haldimand Tract which was set aside for the exclusive use of Six Nations has a current value of $14 trillion today. While these values are huge, they are nonetheless complicated settlements that will require other creative ways of paying off the First Nation. In the end, one way or the other we still have to find a settlement with them.

We pay nothing towards First Nations. All the money they receive is drawn from the interest on the $2 trillion First Nations Trust account. The annual interest is about $35 billion and it is paid for by corporate taxes and by royalties on gas, oil and timber extracted from their land.

Take a guess what a concrete truck full of quick hardening concrete would do to a sanitary sewer in downtown Toronto..... Not all revolutions need to be armed revolutions. And given that the majority of our infrastructure and major transportation runs through reserves all over Canada, they are in good shape to make some effective disruptions.

You are out of touch with the political reality in Canada. The fact is at Caledonia as an example the government has already returned land, including the land occupied. Few know about it. The government doesn't have to tell anyone what they are doing (and don't most the time).

In the occupation at Caledonia, the OPP spent the majority of their time facing the townsfolk protesting the protesters. They were the ones that had to be controlled. Yet they were the ones yelling for police action - something the police had no legal right to do - remove the occupiers. The Six Nations people who reclaimed that subdivision were on solid legal ground in doing so. And that is how most of it will go. You might want to understand that Native people are as adept at controlling the message as they are in standing up against injustices.