Blog inspired by thenewgreen's request for stories about moving. No changes to original, no deep discussion of honesty or dishonesty - just added the wonderful poem by Emily Dickinson "Tell the Truth, but Tell It Slant."
You asked me about "the bible" and I mentioned my bible study group. They talked me in to using my music to raise money for worthy causes. Along with the pastors band (she sang in a rock band), we put on a concert and raised over $6k for Remember an organization that improves living conditions for the Oglala Lakota tribe on North Dakota's Pine Ridge indian reservation. It's the most impoverished area in the US. What were the conditions like on the First Nations Reservation? Are they as bad as the conditions in the US?
Yes. Canada's treatment of and relationship with First Nations has been bad, very bad, and criminal. The attitude of previous governments has generally been, "Why don't they just accept that they are a colonized people and get over themselves." The attitude of the First Nations people is this: No justice, no peace. This is a long sad story with some progress occasionally -- land claims settled in some provinces, bands becoming self-sustaining. Climate change is affecting many of the communities in the north. The struggles will continue.