This is something that just goes to show how lucky we are to live in Canada. It shows how different some peoples' lives are compared to ours. Imagine falling in love and being killed by your own parents because of it. I know you may have had some relationships where your parents were not too keen on your choice of friend but this takes it to a new level.
This week is Bike week and I don't mean that gangs of Harleys are going to be tearing into town. I mean the good ol'fashioned bicycle.|
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advanced and appropriate. There are no
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Maybe it is you, maybe it is your child, your parent, your friend, either way you seem them suffering from the harsh chemicals designed to fight cancer and think there must a better way. What would you do? Would you follow white man's rules and use their drugs? Or would you use your traditional medicine and ancient teachings to treat the disease? Read and think:
A few years ago people died on this reserve because the water was so contaminated with sewage. The government was notified and did very little to help. Now with constant flooding in the area it seems as though the problem is still persistent.
It seems as though animals get better treatment in this country than the native people. Check out this article.
This week I on the blog I hope to get five articles regarding the state of the Canadian Indian and their quality of life in a Canada. This article will start us off.
Looks like that guy from that PR company we saw in class did his job because Kashi Products (a division of Kellogg) is removing it's NATURAL label from some of its products because they are not considered natural products and are facing a lawsuit for it. 
A local article that shows the difficulties our community faces in mass transportation. If this was Europe or Asia it wouldn't be an issue because their systems are so much more advanced/elaborate than ours. However, this is the reality of North America; a car driven society that thinks about convenience for drivers before public transfer.