What about the Natives?

When Alex came into guest speak last Thursday, regarding the rights to land and resources of the Native people in Ontario, it was a wake up call. I had heard about the struggles that most aboriginals had with the Canadian government in trying to claim what was theirs. But, I did not know the extent to which race and culture played an important role. He made a point that when the 6 Nations Native's moved locations due to a rise in water levels, that the new location did not suffice what they originally had. They were put onto land that did not give them space to grow crops, hunt and live according to their cultural right. They were put into semidetached type 'row homes', totally disconnecting them from the origins of their ancestors. It has created much uproar in the communities both in southern and northern Ontario. When he discussed his experiences in the blockaide in the Ojebewa tribe of the grassy narrows, i was shocked at some of the facts and experience he put forward. He claimed having been dressed fully in black, with a mask even covering his face to make it seem he was of indian decent. This allowed for police to leave him alone, as they have this stereotypical notion that 'indians come in large numbers.' Through this society has created a negative connotation about what Indians are fighting for and what they represent. Not to mention their cultural ties to the land and the resources that reside on their reserves. By taking their trees, and valuable resources these developers are, 'raping their mother' as Alex put it. They are simply trying to reclaim the land that once theirs, and to ask developers to not use their resources to better the rest of society. This is a fair argument in my eyes, it just seems that the media has chosen to make them look like enemies to modern world of technologies.