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Article: Why play the white man's game?
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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Where I come from, voting in the white man's elections is taboo; only four people from Kahnawa:ke voted in the last federal election (and word is that they were non-Indians living on the reserve). The reason for this taboo is clear: as Iroquois people, we do not participate in the white man's government system because we are Rotinohshonni, not Canadian. But I have noticed a different opinion among our brothers and sisters in some other parts of Turtle Island where voting, supporting political campaigns and even running for federal or provincial offices is accepted as a good thing. I often ask myself why is it that some Indian people participate in federal and provincial ...