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Why does Wab Kinew want to do away with the Indian Act? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 days ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 23 points 6 days ago* (4 children)

The Indian Act reinforces a number of prejudices and injustices (including the name itself). Today Indigenous have a long court precedent to lean on to protect their treaty rights. Some Indigenous believe the time is right to lean more on the latter (courts) than the former (the act).

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago (3 children)

    I live near first Nations mohawk land, they all refer to each other as Indians.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago

    There is a similar dynamic at play with black people. White people don't like hearing that something in their mouth signifies differently than something in a BIPOC mouth

    But it does. Deal with it.

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