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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

what (history) are we referencing?!

An inaugural quote to get things rolling... i really want to re learn canada's history..

“.. Native cultures and peoples exist across a long continuum – one that has great depth and a great past, one that antedates the arrival of Europeans in this hemisphere by thousands of years, and one that encompasses the emergence of significant and complex societies and civilizations. And we absolutely need to realize this because it means that Native peoples, as the originating elements of civilization and cultures, are the original source of the national cultural heritage of every citizen of the western hemisphere, whether Native or non-Native”

W.Richard West Jr.
Southern Chyenne and member of the Chyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. Founding Director, national museum of the American Indian