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I cannot understand Native Logic?? - Aug. 20, 2006
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| At the age of 13, I was paid for my first computer program that I wrote, that was in 1975. Since then I have been writing computer code almost daily. Computer programming requires two things - logic and the ability to break a problem down into parts.
Maybe this is the reason why I get so confused by Native News reports and speeches by Native People - there is no logic to it. Below is a quote from one Native and is common to many things I read on native blogs and news reports - can you see the lack of logic in it? "Our position has never changed. We the Title Holders as recalled by Wampum 44 of our constitution, the Kaianereh'ko:wa, retain jurisdiction over our land. As set out in the Haldimand Proclamation, the British promised to respect this. |
| In the same paragraph this Native argues the authority of the Haldimand Proclamation while stating the British Crown has no legal jurisdiction over the very land the Haldimand Proclamation gives them. Let me understand, your land is yours because of British authority but the British Crown has no authority over the land - which is it?
I could give many examples of this contradictory logic. Some natives quote from the Constitution and Charter of Rights while stating Canada is not a country and has no authority to create laws - then why quote our laws? Many argue that the Natives were never defeated then state the 1924 Indian Act was forced upon them at gun point. Or as stated above "an old hoax which is enforced at gunpoint." |
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So why was the Land given to the Natives?
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| Haldimand Proclamation states, "Whereas His Majesty having been pleased to direct that in consideration of the early attachment to his cause manifested by the Mohawk Indies and the loss of their settlement which they thereby sustained that a convenient tract of land under his protection should be chosen as a safe and comfortable retreat for them and others of the Six Nations, who have either lost their settlements within the Territory of the American States, or wish to retire from them to the British. I have at the earnest desire to many of these His Majesty's faithful Allies purchased a tract of land from the Indians situated between the Lakes of Ontario, Erie and Huron, and I do hereby in His Majesty's name authorize and permit the said Mohawk Nation and such others of the Six Nations Indians as wish to settle in that quarter to take possession of and settle upon the Banks of the River commonly called Ouse or Grand River.." |
| The land was given because the Natives helped in the war of 1812 and because they lost their land, were defeated, in the American States. Faced with such a defeat the Six Nations could either live under American rule or settle under British protections.
"Mohawk Indies and the loss of their settlement which they thereby sustained that a convenient tract of land under his protection should be chosen as a safe and comfortable retreat for them and others of the Six Nations" First, it should be noted that this land is not traditionally owned by Six Nations Indians. The British Crown had to buy this land from other Indians and give it to Six Nations - wonder whether these first natives were properly compensated and whether they could do a land claim against Six Nations? You see the logical problem with Native Arguments - the land is only owned by Six Nations because of British interference in Native traditional land but somehow based on British authority Six Nations has a right to the land to this day. According to Six Nations, British authority can buy out land from other Natives but cannot buy out land from them. Furthermore, no member of Six Nations was forced to settle in this land. However, by settling you agree to the terms of the deal which included the fact that the British Crown was providing the Protection. You agreed to settle under British authority. If you didn't like it you could stay in the USA where you were defeated. Two hundred years later you may try to say you were not defeated but history tells a different story. You choose to settle under British Protection therefore you are subject to British laws. |