Article contentBy Wayne K. SpearWhen Alberta Indigenous Affairs Minister Rick Wilson said it was tough to watch his friend Chief Allan Adam being brutalized in a March 10 Fort McMurray video, we knew what he meant. We’ve abandoned that usage, to our loss, and with it the insight that to use, abuse or degrade a fellow human being is to make of oneself a beast. Try refreshing your browser, or Opinion: When it comes to racism, the RCMP may be bad-apple friendly Back to videoThe RCMP officer who charged into the frame of a dashboard camera, to beat Chief Adam, behaved brutally. This history is well-known within First Nations and its legacy is keenly felt. The 1870s was a time of westward expansion by settlers, the trans-Canada railroad, the numbered treaties, and the Métis Scrip system — a convergence that is no work of happenstance.

Source: National Post June 16, 2020 10:01 UTC