WHAT THE HARPER ARE YOU DOING? - A brief Critique of the Harper Administration

Columnist: Alan Lechusza | American Corrispondent for Animikii News in California

Plain and simple, Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to yield a racist campaign against the Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations Peoples of Canada. Taking action through corrupt educational practices, poor health conditions, lack of welfare and equal rights for the Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations people, Harper systematically utilizes his current administration's labyrinth of word-play as a means to diminish traditional voices seeking to eventually eradicate the "indian problem" altogether.

Given that on March 15th, 2013, the Aboriginal affairs and Northern Development, Canada website stated "The Harper Government remains focused on four priorities, as outlined by the Prime Minister, that Canadians care most about their families, the safety of our streets and communities, their pride in being a citizen of this country, and their personal financial security" clearly defines that Harper is focused not on Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations Peoples. Rather, Harper is focused upon the stragetic political termination of these traditional Native communities.

These actions were predated in a publication from the First Nations Stragetic Policy Counsel's (FNPC) statement published in October 2012:

"On September 4th, 2012, the (Canadian Prime Minister) Harper government signaled its intent to:
"1) Focus all its efforts to Assimilate First Nations into existing federal and provincial orders of the government of Canada; "2) Terminate the constitutionally protected and internationally recognized inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights of First Nations. "Termination in this context means the ending of First Nations Pre-existing sovereign status through federal coercion of First Nations into Land Claims and Self-Government Final Agreements that convert First Nations into municipalities, their reserves into fee simple lands and extinguishment of their Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights."

Termination at the cost of the lives and cultures of traditional Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations People is the sole focus of the Harper Administration. The Writing is on the wall, in the legal documents and throughout the Internet. Let not these racist ideals outweigh the importance of Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations strength, unity and power. Instead, the socio-political voice should demand to be heard. Reach out to other brother/sister Native communities and echo this voice for political support.

As history has shown, political tactics similar to these have been waged against the Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations Peoples throughout the Western Hemisphere. Are we going to be a unified community destined to repeat the catastrophes of the past or flex our traditionally contemporary community strength?