namaheapmi:

apihtawikosisan:

The last article I wrote wasn’t something I’d planned on…my focus was going to be on housing conditions on reserve, and the reasons for those conditions (an article I still need to do). However, when I started putting that article together, I realised that a lot of people really do think that…

Not sure if you’ve covered this already directly or indirectly but one that seems to be nearly universal is that indigenous ppl are ~lazy~.

Oy but what does that even mean?  That one is super hard to tackle because the definition can shift constantly.  I never really address that claim because I’ve had that happen…the person making the accusation goes from saying it’s because we don’t pay taxes to we get free houses to we get free education to we get this and that and the other thing.  It’s too broad an accusation I guess to deal with head on because it relies on a host of myths.  But yeah.  Fuck that gets to me.  “Everyone knows it” etc.  Grrr.