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Frederick Hollingsworth
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- At 12:46am on July 8, 2009,
Melissa Plett said… - Finally in our house...still lots of projects to do but at least we have somewhere to live. Want to be able to enjoy the summer, as you are, since it can be so short up here! Never been to Niagara. Post some pics of the Falls :)
- At 2:21pm on June 2, 2009,
Melissa Plett said…
- actually we are living with my husband's parents right now...huge renovations happening here at the new place. i don't think there is one surface that's been left untouched. so my job is here right now, doing all sorts of reno type jobs. i wish for a day when i can do nothing! haha! hooked up our internet connection at the new place, don't have at the in-laws so taking a coffee break with my laptop! :D suffering from internet and caffeine withdrawals so killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. hopefully within two weeks we'll be living here and then i'll have to post some before and after pics of the house.
- At 12:48am on May 23, 2009,
Melissa Plett said…
- Definitely agree about incorporating Wounded Knee into school curriculum and, in particular, using documentaries ( I remember one particularly about Annie Mae Pictou-Aguash) and literature directed/produced/written by Native peoples. The art of storytelling, or shall I say, more specifically, truth and history telling is being lost in the Native culture. We have to remember the Anglocentric viewpoint most 'history' texts were being written from, Natives were the bad guys and Europeans on the right.
Oh, and about the sports teams...there was a dispute about a high school team in this mainly European/Mennonite-Canadian area where I believe the same outcome was reached. The name was kept. I can't see how reducing a people group to a sports mascot has anything to do with honouring or bringing awareness about the culture, especially when none of the team players would be of Native background. In high school, I played for the Warriors but in that sense I do believe it was to be of an honour...at least half of the people on the teams were Native. Maybe I'm a hypocrite...
Finally, my husband understands my perspective, he did realize what they did was 'annoying' but thought they were just being stupid and not directed at me. 'Next time' he said he wants to be able to stick up for me...I told him I don't want there to be a next time. :(
On the positive side, had a great day at work, went to some friends for dinner and know that I am loved. Going to see my good friend tomorrow and her brand new baby, born less than 12 hours ago. Gives me hope for the future. :D
- At 9:47am on May 21, 2009,
Melissa Plett said…
- you know what? i think i have to live in one of the most culturally insensitive, disrespectful and ignorant places in manitoba, if not canada! maybe i'm over reacting...because it's not everyday that my husband (who's white) and i go to the grocery store to pull up beside a car of young canadian/possibly european girls listening to traditional native music and 'whooping' and 'warcrying' like 'indians'...and it's also not everyday we return to our car only to have said girls start up said whooping again. i hate/loathe people who disrespect the culture of first nations people! am i overreacting? it made me sad, it made me cry. it made me wish my husband stood up for me to them instead of us just driving away (not before i stared at them and gave them the opportunity to look a real anishnawbe ikwe in the face). then again maybe they were just foolish girls, not having expanded their uneducated brains and their teenage bodies not yet ready to bear children. that's what seems to be valued here for women: as little education as possible, bear many children, and perpetuate your ignorant beliefs. that's the equation for the bible belt and those who don't have a real relationship with jesus. umm....and as for me, i do, a native christian in this area is somewhat of an anomaly. so i let it go without a word because to God it wouldn't have been right of me to throw a fit at them. i still wish i would have said something because who knows if the next native person, who interprets their actions as disrespectful, will turn the other cheek. sorry to rant...needed to get that off my chest to someone. :) have an awesome day knowing you were created for a reason and are a special, unique, beautiful person. that is as much for me as it is for you.
- At 12:12pm on April 14, 2009,
Dj He Took said… - Great Photos man. !!!
- At 6:43pm on April 10, 2009,
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