Armand MacKenzie
Armand MacKenzie
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Canada requires that as a precondition for addressing Innu grievances, we must acknowledge that our homeland belongs to the Crown. All that remains to negotiate are the terms in which we are to formally surrender it.
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They just destroyed it. They wouldn't do that to white people - and if they did, they would be compensated. But that's not the case with Indians - it's normal to flood our lands, to dig up our relatives, to deny us our rights. It's just the way it is. I had a duty to do something about that.
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The Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples sets minimum standards for how we will be treated. We are trying to convince Canada that there is a better way to treat Indian people, and we have to use the principles in the declaration as a guideline in our relationship.