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snot

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1. Forgive my ignorance, but why

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 10:08 AM

Jan 2013

is it called "Idle No More"? I mean, what does this name signify – is the idea that, until recently, First Nation citizens "idled" while their rights were subverted, and that they're not going to continue to do that any longer now?

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Forgive my ignorance, but why snot Jan 2013 #1

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Thankyou; but snot Jan 2013 #3

For seven generations they have languished and suffered. One of the worst genocides ever. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #4

Interesting. snot Jan 2013 #5

I speak from ignorance, assembling pieces I've come across. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #6

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