Comments by "" (@johnwattdotca) on "Why Native American tribes reject South Dakota's order to remove their COVID-19 checkpoints" video.

  1.  @woody1-w2x  Many Americans have grandiose visions of racial cleansing, based on skin color or income level, or, are you a citizen. If you think the United States has a social network they spend money on, you must think that Americans have government controlled medicare, that for most Americans, would be seen as free hospitalization and medicine. It's easier to get arrested in America than it is to see a doctor.
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  2. There are many comments here from Americans, on this global page. I would like to say that in Canada, my Scottish ancestors sent natives to universities in Scotland so they could learn to properly represent themselves in English and French courts in America. Using the word "reservations" is very American. There are Sons and Daughters of the Gael who speak Gaelic. Bay-an-uck-let, blessings on you, and as you could say, agus oo hane a haritch, you as well my friend. I know you got into some deep sheep from us. The last Scotsman to exert political power in America was Past President James T. Buchanan, a former Scottish Reverend. He didn't start the Civil War. The next president did. There never was any form of slavery in Scotland, Scotland never attacked another country, or claimed ownership of land with a flag. We can still live and breathe in a world of love and beauty, if you want to, in the land of the new rising sun.
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  3. Don't go overboard. Nobody is controlling the virus so it kills off tribal people. I have an idea for you. The first book published by a North American native was written by an Ojibway Elder who lived south of Georgian Bay. His descriptions of the land before the white man came will make you cry. Using the English name George Copway, this Elder said he wrote the book to open the heart of the white man to the world of nature, and life, around them. It does that. Here's a detail. On top of the escarpment at Georgian Bay, this Elder could face south and shout, and that shout could be passed on until it reached the mouth of the Mississippi and came back, taking over four days. He could face east and shout, and it would be passed to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, and come back in two days. What he had to say about taller and bigger, red-headed men with metal helmets and weapons, who made a new boat to sail the Mississippi, is very interesting.
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  4. I would like to inform natives in America that white society has upgraded weapons since the first Europeans. People who live their lives through screens will fight to the death for their shine. You see that coming already.
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  5.  @nicolesaylor4027  I never said these natives shouldn't have a roadblock. I would want to patrol my people to keep a disease out. My ancestors, pre-Scots natives, did not go through the European Dark Ages, so I'm susceptible to old diseases I have no immunity for. Being able to think about my ancestry brings relief, and the love of my parents keeps me strong. Bay-an-uck-let, blessings on you in Gaelic.
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