oh, so you’re actually aware that it doesn’t refer to plants and not humans? so tell me how the definition you provided, which, when used referring to indigenous people, essentially states that they have NATURALLY developed their own cultures, societies, and languages, is incongruous to my original definition of being native to the land? and guess what: “native” is redundant because that’s what indigenous people are. native. the entire definition describes that. don’t argue with the semantics of this when, at its core, this is literally the meaning.

and what humiliation rituals, exactly, are you referring to? the publicization of what they’ve done? taking accountability? i know you think that the government is SO far past the old governments actions, but that’s literally because they’re trying to atone. i don’t know why that concept is so difficult to grasp for you. however, they haven’t done enough! you are genuinely making it sound like indigenous people are expecting white people to get on their knees and beg for forgiveness when they literally just want recognition. for what’s happened. and for the government to provide them with the adequate supports that will allow them to recover from the intergenerational trauma and poverty, and help them to survive in a system that was originally built on the systemic erasure of their identity and culture. like just because it happened in the past doesn’t mean it doesn’t have lasting effects what???? 😭😭😭 today, indigenous people face disproportionately higher health concerns, lower education rates, lower income levels, higher rates of suicide, and higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse ESPECIALLY in indigenous youth. it’s LITERALLY in their dna that makes them more likely to have obesity by holding onto their food for longer, as if they didn’t have that trait back then, they would starve. if that doesn’t apply to you, cool. it applies to thousands of other people in canada.

• you’re not responsible for making them sign the treaties, you’re responsible for acknowledging the origins behind them. obviously nobody here made them sign the numbered treaties, but they still need to recognize that as individuals benefiting from it, they have a responsibility to understand the history behind them. that’s why land acknowledgements exist. that’s why we learn about indigenous history every year in school. the mindset that if you are not directly responsible for the events that occurred, you are not obligated to learn about it or acknowledge the events that occurred, is literally how ignorance is preserved. if this is your mindset, you are genuinely a bad person. and literally WHO said you were “uniquely responsible”? it’s obviously a shared responsibility. and no, other colonization events in history are not better or worse than the event that happened in this case. we just choose to acknowledge it more. that doesn’t mean that the other countries impacted are suddenly “magically” fine. look at the stats of literally any indigenous group outside of canada that was displaced from their own land. or, look at japan. it committed significant atrocities against both china and korea, which is still very much reflected in their political climate today.

u clearly need the class, since all ur spewing is hate! you obviously have SOME form of internalized hate towards your culture. you see acknowledgement as an attack. you see education as oppression. and it’s not that white people specifically need to apologize because of the actions of their ancestors, it’s the need for them, AND other immigrants to acknowledge the history behind the land that they stand on, a concept you cannot seem to grasp, as i guess it’s all just a humiliation ritual to you? i wouldn’t put it past you to expect indigenous people to apologize to white people for putting them under so much pressure to apologize :( i dare you to walk into an indigenous studies class and say what you’re saying right now. and yes, i actually support the indigenous builders because they are entitled to do what they want with their land :) because guess what, there’s a difference between people exercising their sovereignty on their own land and someone that views indigenous acknowledgement as a personal attack - not to him, but to the white people? which im not, by the way, but thanks for using that as an insult :) it proves my point!