ELL: Who are the Anishanabe?

Marion Gunn mgunn at ucd.ie
Thu Apr 15 22:11:49 UTC 1999


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			Another snippet from an IndigenousWorld at onelist.com
			debate. Can anyone
			on ELL tell me who are the Anishanabe people?
			mg
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			Anishanabe Creation Story "Remember what happens to
			the Wolf, happens to
			First Nation people", and all of the rest of
			us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

			What happened to the Wolf (Ma'iingan)
			What happened to the First Nations People
			(Anishinable)

			mange is introduced ...
			small pox

			shoot on sight
			same

			forced to live with Europeans
			same

			endangering species & lifestyle
			same

			poisoning for profit
			same

			money paid for hair/bounty
			same

			proposed corridors
			moved on reservations

			encroachment/theft/land
			same

			foulment of habitat
			same

			refusal to accept
			same

			sale of body parts
			same

			forced sterilization
			same

			Yet we survive

			     I quote from Oren Lyons "I stand before you as a
			     manifestation of
			     the
			     spirit of our people and the will to survive. The
			     wolf, our spiritual
			     brother, stands beside us and we are alike in the
			     western mind - hated,
			     admired, and still a mystery to you, and still
			     undefeated."
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