Thursday, October 18, 2012

First Nations chiefs blast Terry Nelson's Holocaust comparison.

Iran is trying to paint Canada as a human rights violator
Iran is trying to paint Canada as a human rights violator. image
WINNIPEG – First Nations and Jewish community leaders are speaking out against accusations that the Canadian government is attempting to "exterminate" Aboriginal Peoples.

At least two Manitoba community leaders say the comments made by former chiefs Terry Nelson (Roseau River) and Dennis Pashe (Dakota Tipi) on Iranian state television Sunday were completely unacceptable.

The comments included a description of reserves as "concentration camps."
"I'm scared to even compare that tragedy with our history," Birdtail Sioux First Nation Chief
Kenneth Chalmers said of the Holocaust. "That's not acceptable. It's totally different. We're not lining up for gas chambers."...Continue reading....  Matt Gurney: Natives big losers as ex-chief tells Iranians about Canadian ‘concentration camps’ on reserves...Read here...

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