Sep 06, 2013 3:43 PM

The titles "First Nations" "Aboriginal" are all names created by the gov't., claiming that title has the same effect as me claiming to be a person?

I ask because I want to give this response on a post with this headline "Prime Minister Harper is seeking to eliminate all First Nations Tribes."

Here is the response I want to give, but want to make sure I'm accurate;

The title "first nations" and "aboriginal" are names created by the govt ...meaning they are fiction. You are living breathing beings, not legal fictions. The govt created the name so they own it, they can do what they want with it. Detach from their created names, their only power comes from identifying oneself as one of their creations

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Norah Holloway

Sep 06, 2013 4:10 PM

I agree with you. I'm searching for a title that wasn't created by the govt. I can think of Original People. But I need to confirm that.

I usually say in Haida, original from Haida Gwaii.

Gail Marie

Sep 06, 2013 7:03 PM

that may be the key Norah, saying it in your own language..they can't possibly try to claim that they created it then

Mark Russell

Sep 06, 2013 7:56 PM

As in the "Living Constitution" CTN has used Original Peoples until they themselves determine other wise. http://canadathenation.ca/the-living-constitution/

Norah Holloway

Sep 06, 2013 9:02 PM

You know that's interesting. The "in" part was a typo. But after I wrote it and read it, I think that might be what I'm looking for.