Nestor_Kelebay
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Granite-Girl:
In Australia, the native people are called "aboriginies" or "Abos". In North America, they're called "natives", "indians", "first nations", or "aboriginal people".
In Canada, there's also a separate class of people who were the offspring of aboriginal women and the french speaking fir traders who were the first white contact with many native groups. Those people are called the "metis". (pronounced may-ti)
The original metis were "half blood indians" or half indian, half white. However, since then, those metis have had children with both white and indian and now the metis have anything from very little native blood to almost all native blood; it all depends on the individual person.
Vancouver got chosen for the winter Olympics 8 years ago, and at the time no one knew what the weather was going to be like in Vancouver in 2010. However, if they keep having trouble with the snow melting, I'll tell them about your offer, and maybe they can hook up a truck and tow rope and pull the skiers down one of your snow covered highways instead this year. :grin:
Generally, the natives in Canada are not well liked because of the propensity for unemployment, petty crime, alcoholism, family violence and drug abuse amongst "urban indians" that migrate into the cities and those that still live on native reserves. However, the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver are not being held on a native reserve. The ski resorts and facilities at Whistler and other venues are world class. And, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing committee undoubtedly made peace with the Indians by promising them they'd play a big role in the Olympics so they wouldn't start protesting the games right while the city had the world's attention.
Natives can be a real pain in the butt when they start bellyaching about the causes of social problems amongst their people. As best as I can understand it, it all boils down to the filthy stinking white man stealing their land from them 200 years ago, and they've been so psychologically scarred since, that the only reasonable option open to them was to drown their sorrows in alcohol and get buzzed out of their minds sniffing solvents, even when pregnant so their children would be born with fetal alcohol syndrome and also be born impaired. If it wasn't for the white man stealing their land 200 years ago, then natives would all be fine upstanding pillars of the community today.
In Australia, the native people are called "aboriginies" or "Abos". In North America, they're called "natives", "indians", "first nations", or "aboriginal people".
In Canada, there's also a separate class of people who were the offspring of aboriginal women and the french speaking fir traders who were the first white contact with many native groups. Those people are called the "metis". (pronounced may-ti)
The original metis were "half blood indians" or half indian, half white. However, since then, those metis have had children with both white and indian and now the metis have anything from very little native blood to almost all native blood; it all depends on the individual person.
Vancouver got chosen for the winter Olympics 8 years ago, and at the time no one knew what the weather was going to be like in Vancouver in 2010. However, if they keep having trouble with the snow melting, I'll tell them about your offer, and maybe they can hook up a truck and tow rope and pull the skiers down one of your snow covered highways instead this year. :grin:
Generally, the natives in Canada are not well liked because of the propensity for unemployment, petty crime, alcoholism, family violence and drug abuse amongst "urban indians" that migrate into the cities and those that still live on native reserves. However, the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver are not being held on a native reserve. The ski resorts and facilities at Whistler and other venues are world class. And, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing committee undoubtedly made peace with the Indians by promising them they'd play a big role in the Olympics so they wouldn't start protesting the games right while the city had the world's attention.
Natives can be a real pain in the butt when they start bellyaching about the causes of social problems amongst their people. As best as I can understand it, it all boils down to the filthy stinking white man stealing their land from them 200 years ago, and they've been so psychologically scarred since, that the only reasonable option open to them was to drown their sorrows in alcohol and get buzzed out of their minds sniffing solvents, even when pregnant so their children would be born with fetal alcohol syndrome and also be born impaired. If it wasn't for the white man stealing their land 200 years ago, then natives would all be fine upstanding pillars of the community today.
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