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Got Land? Thank An Indian!
This slogan has stirred up a lot of controversy and one of the creators of this slogan, Jeff Menard, has been featured in the news several times because of the reactions it has received from mainstream society. But first, little background on what happened.
In mid-January 2014, 13-year-old Tenelle Starr, a First Nations student in Saskatchewan, was told not to wear the “Got Land? Thank An Indian” hoodie to school after some parents, students and school officials took offense.
Starr, a member of the nearby Star Blanket First Nation, goes to school in Balcarres about 90 kilometers northeast of Regina. “ I wear it proudly around the school,” she told CBC News, even though some students told her the message was “cheeky” and “rude."
The controversy was eventually resolved through meetings between the school and Star Blanket First Nations’ leaders, leading to greater understanding and acceptance about Star’s sweatshirt, and its message. I still find the whole situation infuriating on so many levels.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/03/02/got-land-thank-indian
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And their treaties and how all the various tribes viewed the lands they lived on 
Europeans charged in, and all of a sudden the land didn't belong to everyone and no one.
They killed anybody and anything they didn't want on "their" land.
PS...this reminds me of something from when Mr Pipi and I first moved here to the woods 18 years ago. Our first year we saw a lot of black bears. One day we were telling some city people about a particular encounter. One woman, horrified, asked, "Did you call the police??"
What the...????
NO, we didn't call the police! The bear was here before WE were!
So for 18 years we've been living in happy proximity to as many wild critters as the woods can hold. It belongs to all of us...