Comments on: Stories of the Northwest Pacific Coast http://jnarvey.com/2009/08/29/stories-of-the-northwest-pacific-coast/ Essays and opinions on current affairs and politics. Published from Vancouver, Canada by new media writer Jonathon Narvey Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred http://jnarvey.com/2009/08/29/stories-of-the-northwest-pacific-coast/comment-page-1/#comment-1726 Fred Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:08:31 +0000 http://jnarvey.com/?p=1755#comment-1726 The totems are magnificent. I only wish our state of multicultural values was mature enough to approach the other, much darker side of West Coast Aboriginal history and we could discuss the centuries of Slave Trade that was a plank in the historical economies. We are still locked into the post colonial blame the new guys for all the troubles we have era. When we finally get beyond this stage, we can start to address the much deeper historical injustices. The totems are magnificent. I only wish our state of multicultural values was mature enough to approach the other, much darker side of West Coast Aboriginal history and we could discuss the centuries of Slave Trade that was a plank in the historical economies.

We are still locked into the post colonial blame the new guys for all the troubles we have era. When we finally get beyond this stage, we can start to address the much deeper historical injustices.

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