Comments on: Stories of the Northwest Pacific Coast http://jnarvey.com/2009/08/29/stories-of-the-northwest-pacific-coast/ The essays, nerdy updates and literary adventures of Jonathon Narvey Tue, 22 May 2012 19:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 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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