ETTERS The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 7, 1993 - Page A7 TO THE TERRACE STANDARD 7 Dear Sir: _. “This is a reply to Bill Hom- ‘burg’s March 24 letter. _ Self-government for natives _ means whatt!!? ‘Where does the racism that Mr, Homburg speaks of come °< from?“Wasn’t it the white man ‘- that-came and took our land? “Then we were stuck into our “isolations and cultural ghettos. coe When you were-‘‘forced’’ to ° speak English, were you : beaten and/or raped for speak- “ing your nalive tongue? I think : # notl You use English as a sec- “os ond Janguage -by your own choice. : ; . As far as the natives who live ‘and Jong for the stone age, * most-or-all the cases you men- _ tioned still practice their stone oe age beliefs.- -Talso don’t believe the desire - to. ‘be high and mighty on the social ladder means much to ‘most natives, _-We were survivors by living _ off. the land and taking only ~ “what we needed to survive, We “didn’t need to have more pos- ‘sessions than the next person tobe someone. — -. «The discrimination that you ; speak, of was brought on by the os Mmany.>-years. of verbal and. _. “physical abuse from the white “Man. + -" | “Also, Mr. Homburg, when “you go into a bank, store or “public institution, do you walk - dn with your eyes closed? I have seen a good number of natives in the work force, in our beautiful community. Not fo mention, they work hand in hand with the white people. Pretty racist hey! By the way, have you ever seen any of the sawmills, band offices and fire halls on the reserves in this northem corn- munity. I would advise you to ask someone for a tour, just to show you how well natives can and will work, It seems to me that most of ihe gambling halls in Canada’s fine communities are owned and operated by while people. Aliso note that the natives that are hired by the white people to work in these halls are good, honest, clean-cut and very effi- cient young nalives. Where did you get the idea that we smugele cigarettes. I recall a few months ago that a white person was caught smuggling cigaretles across the Alaskan border. Iam a smoker myself, and pay the price to the . White man’s. government as anyone else would, for this bad habit. . I'll have you know that the money we have in our pockets Is eamed, A lat of people think “s that we do not pay for our houses and cars. I'll have you know that we do have mortgages just like the white communities. If we dan’t Hom burg letter said unnecessary wr ng in resporise toa 'March 24, 1993. It is a very ao non-informative, insignificant =< and -unnecessary letter written oO «by: Mr, Bill Homburg. “have: read a number of let- failed to identify the purpose. ‘Tam a graduated academic -< Native student of the area. Iam ~vlaking a very intense course hat deals. directly with the elf-government concept. Nowhere’ in ils teachings does dt -even suggest apartheid and definitely not racism. I. ghetto, how is it that they can Unite, keep their tradition : ong tnd survive in this day AA etter:published on Wednesday. (ers. -such- ‘as ihis ‘and have’ and age? Could it bea cultural * haven? My elders taught. me to Tespect other peoples’ strug- gies so that other people may respect my own. [ have the. greatest respect for.those na- tions and peoples who have succeeded in their struggle to survive, I will not respond to the rest of the letter because it is not in “my’’ best interest. Iwill remind you that I am in the process of learning about self-government and I will kindly ask that if anything is taught on the subject, it may be . informative and significant or ‘may make way for a descent debate. Lynette Creed, Terrace, B.C, Log exports hurt ‘northwest jobs The white society and discrimination | - upon these native children. The only shame that I feel is for Thank you to everyone who helped with our Shamrock Campaign a total of $1,300 was raised to help fight Muscular Distrophy pay the morigage we lose it just like the white people. You speak of money wilhout - effort. I believe white people were also well known recipients of the benefits trom the government for taking in native children for schooling. Not to mention the restric- tions and abuse that was forced Beach Party Saturday, April 17 “Watch for details in next week's paper only -efforl I sec is the trip to-: the bank. Finally, Mr. Homburg, the ars ie i a ea you, because it is you yourself that is racist. I hope that some- day you will get over your racist attitude and join us in the real world. - Teena McKay, Terrace, B.C. YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD PUB - Thurs. Fri. & Sat. Kitchen Open 12 midnight ffam.-} am diam. - {0pm Phone; 635-5336 . Sun tiam.- NX y TERRACE CO-OP ASSOCIATION “LOCALLY OWNED BY THE MEMBERS IT SERVES" Co-op Grocery Store SUPER SAVERS Prices in effect Wednesday to Saturday April 7 to 10 * Please note the Co-op will be closed Good Friday April 9 and Easter Sunday April 11 100 SECOND PRIZES af Spalding! Fiberglass Backboard Net and Pole Sets 200 THIRD PRIZES | | af Spalding! 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North 3 : North:* Coast © Timber’s Kalum and the North Coast ABC Harmonie Whole Country Morning a roca) pare “the milin is: ie Supply Arcas alone in LAUNDRY PINEAPPLE PORK LOINS ; BEEF BURGERS pelt wil have to - “be ‘How much wood leaves ihe DETERGENT 540 mi Can, Frozen, Cut, Bagged 10 Ib Box duced: nt owt the | Prince 6 $ Ultra Tidbits, Sliced or Crushedig¢s 49 kg (40-4 oz Patties) ‘Ts the minister aware of the . volume of wood that leaves this country through his port. : What if anything is this S$ ; government prepared to do to slop the mass export of our per lied. Taw materials and consequent- person No Rainchecks No Rainchecks Ib ea ‘The: Minister of Forests ly our jobs? - White Quantities Last While Quantities Last eems adamant that job losses Graham Anderson, — ill ‘be in Terrace and not in Councillor, Disirict of Katimat, Terrace Co-op Dept. 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