tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post5512223654478463736..comments2024-03-26T14:14:46.989-05:00Comments on Ojibwe Confessions: Indigenous View Point: Are you Indian enough? The Hierarchy of Indigenous people.Ojibwe Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-67148721470886863922017-11-22T14:32:31.046-06:002017-11-22T14:32:31.046-06:00Not that I entirely disagree but didn't the FB...Not that I entirely disagree but didn't the FBI sanction raids on Native tribes in the 1900s? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964362549807623735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-13342529159634316722014-06-30T19:14:47.594-05:002014-06-30T19:14:47.594-05:00ojibwa man.the lands no one can own there is no wo...ojibwa man.the lands no one can own there is no word in native that means this . the water the sky even the air we breath and our very lives belong to the creator we will all give acount when we pass into the spirit world he is the creator of life we are all one race the human race.true wisdom is found sitting at the feet of our elders and listening to their storys we are all one people to the creator to think other than this is disrespecting his creation miigwetch----carsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-56225394384311724482014-06-30T18:12:56.695-05:002014-06-30T18:12:56.695-05:00im an ojibwa man the creator chooses who we are yo...im an ojibwa man the creator chooses who we are you had no choice in the matter red black yellow or white we are all the same to the creator. this shows me how far away we have fell from our traditions thats sad. real indians dont see colour they see the truth miigwetchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-57027028930408045602014-04-14T17:00:59.557-05:002014-04-14T17:00:59.557-05:00Indian, I would think?Indian, I would think?Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-86446418141067574112014-04-12T15:18:20.614-05:002014-04-12T15:18:20.614-05:00Hi I was born and bought up in India. Am I aborigi...Hi I was born and bought up in India. Am I aboriginal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-35328339167917185292014-02-22T05:51:48.590-06:002014-02-22T05:51:48.590-06:00It is really sad that we are battling ourselves ab...It is really sad that we are battling ourselves about who is Indian. It is sad that we face racism, oppression and hate within our own race. <br /><br />To see you state that it's "fashionable" to be a residential school survivor is disheartening. The heinous acts that have been committed against these people has systemically affected every one of us on some level. <br /><br />We have record high numbers in Canada of suicides, inmates in detention centers, and record high numbers of children in care of the ministry, and do you know why? Is this fashionable too? <br /><br />Yes, when colonialism set in and my grandmother was dragged off to residential school, my identity was stolen, and I wasn't even born yet. <br /><br />That Wannabe from Germany who happens to have love and respect for the Indian is worthy of being Indian in my books...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-88123823045225379702013-07-04T23:55:24.469-05:002013-07-04T23:55:24.469-05:00Find out where her community is and you will be ab...Find out where her community is and you will be able to find relatives, that is your best bet. Take care.Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-81953742822034344952013-07-04T14:43:11.889-05:002013-07-04T14:43:11.889-05:00I just found out My great grandmother was !00% Oji...I just found out My great grandmother was !00% Ojibwa..Is there any way I can prove it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648626262419738861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-14891069159431213512012-06-01T23:34:19.203-05:002012-06-01T23:34:19.203-05:00Thank you. Your hospitals, your roads, and all the...Thank you. Your hospitals, your roads, and all the Tax payer items you suggest could not be possible without the Treaties signed in good faith with Indians. If the government did in fact honour the Treaties, you would not have access to the resources that Canada enjoys. It is simple as that. So having it both ways is something that Canadians have been enjoying for such a long time.Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-16736604357529469762012-06-01T16:39:23.037-05:002012-06-01T16:39:23.037-05:00Seriously do that - just stop "accepting the ...Seriously do that - just stop "accepting the status cards" and start paying taxes like the rest of the world does. You buy whatever you want and plea "I'm, status & I don't have to pay taxes - see my card". Yet, you want to use our hospitals, paved roads, & all other things our governments provide for tax paying citizens. If your indian - live like indians - if your "not" and want all the benefits of being "non native" then pay taxes like non natives and enjoy them. Why do you think you get it both ways??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-79961684294377344362012-03-25T22:44:00.785-05:002012-03-25T22:44:00.785-05:00I was thinking about this today, and I agree with ...I was thinking about this today, and I agree with you. Indians should just stop accepting the status cards and the identity that government is putting on us. We know our relatives and we know our people. That is the way it should be. If we can just convince our own people/leaders of this than maybe...Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-44836234138801646622012-03-25T10:20:14.739-05:002012-03-25T10:20:14.739-05:00I agree with some points, eventually the governmen...I agree with some points, eventually the government may wish to do DNA as a prerequisite to being identified First Nation.Recognition as a First Nation shud be the the National Assembly with its own policies, protocols etc as opposed to the government....First Nations should stop using the INAC status card as a method confirming our identity...if the band confirms our community/band connection....why do we need any INAC status card? We are either accepted by First Nations or not accepted...end of story.<br />moosehuntermoosehunternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-79568648413533387412012-03-15T17:31:17.093-05:002012-03-15T17:31:17.093-05:00HUTCHA!!!HUTCHA!!!Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-29534898864949858572012-02-08T20:04:12.769-06:002012-02-08T20:04:12.769-06:00I consider myself an Anishinaabekwe of mixed herit...I consider myself an Anishinaabekwe of mixed heritage who strongly identifies with my Ojibway/Anishinaabe roots. I am here on the other side of the border in the colonized USA. I am not an enrolled member of my tribe because I am between blood quantum levels, I am very close to a 1/4, just under. If I were to go with another band of Ojibway then I could probably be enrolled. Another tidbit is we actually think we are more than what the records say. Many of the ancestors lied about their Native ancestry to pass and survive in the world. Regardless of all the politics, identity conundrum, etc, when I visit my family and relatives on the rez I am accepted and welcomed. There is no problem there. Additionally, my last name is a big name in the territories where the rez is located. Also my last name is a part of the origin story of the Ojibway people. Here is the link to the article -- Madeline Island (Moningwanakauning), Homeland of the Ojibwe, Michel Cadotte -- http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1425&Itemid=122<br /><br />Also in the territories where the rez is located there is just a lot of ties to our last name through treaties that were signed, etc. Many of my family and relatives work for the tribe. My great uncle started a health center that is on the rez. <br /><br />Once I was on a walk/protest and I was talking with an elder. Our conversation about the land, traditions, family and language was great. I told him I was also other things, French, Scandinavian. Because of the fact that I live traditionally, etc, he thought I was a full blood or close to it! It was a good validation to me about my spirit, heart, and the way I choose to live. <br /><br />Blood quantum is a touchy issue. I feel like people want to dissect me when I tell them I am Native. You have not right to dissect me. For too long Native people and our ancestors had to hide who they were, I am not hiding! :)Ajijaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328347379621837240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-87060769461009407872011-09-30T16:44:05.557-05:002011-09-30T16:44:05.557-05:00Steve this is a great post ! I encountered this so...Steve this is a great post ! I encountered this so much throughout my life in school kids teased that you were somehow less than if you had aboriginal heritage one learned to pretend you weren't if you could get away with it .<br />Then at places like the friendship center aboriginal church I also enocuntered the your not Indian enough syndrome . <br />what upset me most was the adults doing it , I guess I've more tolerence for children as they tend to just repeat what they've observed at home etc. <br /> at church one lady absolutly shunned me because I was not native enough , I guess because I mostly talk about my middle eastren / german side she assumed I was not aboriginal but that wasn't the case it is just that for whatever rason my family side which does have aboriginal heritage is the most dysfunctional & abusive and I've been estranged from them for so long .I feel blessed that my none aboriginal side is where I learned most of aboriginal heritage and my mum would take me to powwow and read literature as well all the aborignal crafts & medicines were passed down via that side who learned from native elders who still taught traditional ways of gathering , crafts and boat & canoe building . <br />I don't think assimilation or segregation are gone at all just in new form . I debate to get my metis card now . I felt badly for other cultures who come to our church and expereinced the hate just because they were not indian enough etc. it is strange how often those who have expereinced full on dicrimination becopme the discriminator themselves and keep the cycle going .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-24031237608671671132011-09-14T16:04:23.794-05:002011-09-14T16:04:23.794-05:00Michael your are one of those people that likes ot...Michael your are one of those people that likes others. Not trying to be Indian. There are lot of people out there that Like others. I like others as well, but I know where I stand.<br /><br />Anonymous, I don't believe that will ever happen. Where are known as multicultural. Humans have been around for a long time now, and the classifications are still here. Sure people now embrace other classifications, such as Canadian, American, Mexican, European, but there is always the heritage.Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-6798316498495176572011-09-14T03:27:15.886-05:002011-09-14T03:27:15.886-05:00Generations from now, as races become even more mi...Generations from now, as races become even more mixed and interrelated, people will look at this discussion as irrelevant. I come from both Irish and English heritage and have no problem celebrating both, as part of me. Am I more Irish because I know their history/culture better than someone else? NO. Throughout history minorities have been discriminated, looked down upon and even eliminated, whether for race, creed, color or religion. Have pride in your multicultural heritage, embrace it and move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-90898536672817312362011-09-14T02:38:05.229-05:002011-09-14T02:38:05.229-05:00Interesting analysis. I know them all. I have seen...Interesting analysis. I know them all. I have seen it, but this helps me to understand it. I'm wondering where I fall in. I am not Indian. I am not a "Wannabee". But I do believe it a shame that the Indigenous culture of this land is not dominant. I believe it is sad that all immigrants to Turtle Island did not take on the culture of the "land", as the French did during the Voyageur days. Would we not have two much better countries? Perhaps there is a new kind of "Indian", the "Seven Fires Prophesy" Indian. Or maybe a "Citizen" Indian. If Indian Nations were to grant citizenship to those such as I, in time you might have your land back. Give me a culture/history/citizenship test and I'll end up somewhere in that teepee. Weweni.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760346458236168312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-37344415317155288432011-09-03T22:10:27.669-05:002011-09-03T22:10:27.669-05:00The identity issue can be really complex and a ser...The identity issue can be really complex and a serious concern for all Aboriginal people. Although I put some fun into the post, it does not mean I am not aware of how complex it is. The government has done a masterful job trying to "get rid of the Indian". Thankfully that has not happened. The Spirit of the People is really really strong. However, there are some residual effects of the all the attacks (legislative, physical, cultural, spiritual) on the People. That is where we are at now, Just dealing with the aftermath of the assault on our Psyche, our Being, our Essence. Don't despair we will overcome.Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-55363497922399649642011-09-03T19:29:54.762-05:002011-09-03T19:29:54.762-05:00I would think it is a good thing. :)I would think it is a good thing. :)Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-63217755061484257942011-09-03T13:21:44.252-05:002011-09-03T13:21:44.252-05:00Where does someone fall who has mixed Indian blood...Where does someone fall who has mixed Indian blood? Meaning, 2 (or more) different tribes? Is that frowned upon? Just curious. :)<br /><br />WrethaWrethaOffGridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941116263529261885noreply@blogger.com