Mountie is first First Nations person to lead RCMP
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This company line as you put it I live with every day of my life. It's what I've experienced first hand and what I know to be true. Didn't the English have a date at which Hong Kong was to be returned to the Chinese? We have no such agreement with you gov't. so the comparison of the the two is neither valid or relevant.i don't know why you keep with the company line, but it's not very convincing. times have changed. the english don't control hong kong. you don't see them crying. mexico doesn't have texas anymore. again, they don't care. things change. that's life. those that don't want to adapt fall behind. white euro settlers conquered north america. a long time ago. c'mon. let others do as well as you have. give the next generation a break.
And don't tell me that you don't honour and respect your past. What about Rememberance Day, ANY religious holidays, BIRTHDAYS???? You can't make an arguement like this when it's only convenient for you to try and justify your point of view.
it's a tongue and cheek suggestion, nothing more and nothing less.How can we upleep the "properties" as you put it when you do nothing but take from the land and destroy it in the process? Non natives view things the same as horses with blinders on... If there isn't a dollar sign in there somewhere you're just not interested. All you do is take.... Let me ask YOU a question.... After all the taking YOU do, what do YOU give back?
RCMP Chief Mirasty appears very humble and modest and seems to be the right choice for this position regardless of what his culture is, he appears to be very honourable and simply a good man. Who knows, he may one day run the RCMP.REGINA — In fluent Cree, the new top Mountie in Saskatchewan says he's "very pleased to have been given this work."
"Nimithwethiteen ota ipi methikawiyan oma atoskewin," says RCMP Chief Supt. Russ Mirasty.
Mirasty, who is a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian band in northern Saskatchewan, has taken over as the commanding officer of F Division -- becoming the first First Nations person to lead an RCMP division in the force's history.
He's modest about the achievement.
"It wasn't really something that I was preoccupied with and really, as a matter of fact, (it) wasn't an issue for me when I was appointed to this job in terms of having it dominate my thoughts or being something that I thought about on a daily basis," Mirasty said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"But when I did have time to reflect on it, and my wife and I talked, and even my children, it was, 'You know this is historic.' My daughter actually said, 'This is pretty cool.' "Mirasty joined the RCMP in 1976.
He remembers being one of only two First Nations cadets in his troop at Depot Division, the RCMP's training academy in Regina.
"We were certainly a minority," he recalls. "But it wasn't really an issue quite frankly. Everybody knew who we were, but ... it's so busy, it's so demanding, I think the people that are in training don't have time to think about anything but getting through the days."
He worked his way through the ranks and across the country from Gander, N.L., to Prince George, B.C. He served stints in general detachment policing, highway patrol and police dog services. Then Mirasty got involved with something that he has "a passion for" -- aboriginal policing services. He worked with the program in Saskatchewan and oversaw it at the national level.
Cree is Mirasty's first language and the North is still a big part of who he is. For one thing, Mirasty says, his background helps him understand people better.
He acknowledges the force's relationship with some communities hasn't always been good.
"When we talk about negative situations or negative relationships, we have to accept that as a reality because it's usually as a result of a particular negative incident, which unfortunately policing is more often than not about," he says.
"I mean it's about people getting hurt. It's about people getting into trouble. It's about people and communities facing various challenges that affect them. And so they're not always happy situations.
"What can I do to foster or enable us to (have) a better working relationship? (I go) back to my background, not only as an aboriginal person, but my professional experience across Canada and being able to relate to different challenges that people face."
Mirasty says he's humbly learned to accept that he's become a role model for other First Nations people.
He's proud of the force, too, and the advances it has made in recruiting more First Nations people since he joined 34 years ago.
"We've had a long history with aboriginal-First Nations people and to be able to say ... that we have finally -- after 135 odd years -- a First Nations person leading a division, particularly in Western Canada, it is quite an accomplishment. Not only for me but for the organization as well."
The chief superintendent says there's also a lot of pride in La Ronge. The community, where his mother still lives, has always been very supportive,"always been there beside me as I travelled around the country and advanced in the organization."
Mirasty started full-time duties in mid-December but the official change of command ceremony with the RCMP commissioner won't happen until February.
He says he's glad to be back in Saskatchewan.
"It's home. I know the province very well," he says. "To be able to head the RCMP in your home province -- what an honour.
"It couldn't get any better for me quite frankly."
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Bif, you say that you have a job, do you work for an aboriginal company? If not, are you not a turncoat yourself? and if you your employer is not an aboriginal, then you would be a hypocrite. Your family members that own business' do they employ others, and if so, do they employ only aboriginal people? If not, then are they turncoats and hypocrites? The master electrician does he/she work for themself, an aboriginal company or another company? Does he/she service only aboriginals clients? Because if he/she services the "white population" wouldn't that make he/she a turncoat/hypocrite? The same goes for the Arctic Biologist.Your "handouts" = our RENT.
As for the other issues that you have mentioned, don't non natives do the same? Aren't there non natives who are abusive, drug addicts, alcoholics and thiefs? Or are you just trying to wag your finger in our faces to prove your own ill concieved and uneducated point? As for your last point I have a job, my own place and I just finished upgrading at school. In my family there's a Ph.D. in Arctic Biology, a master electrician and 2 business owners. I'm not even going try to explain the socio - economic and other challenges that my people face on a daily basis as there are some posters here, of limited mentality shall we say, that would like nothing better than to turn this post into a mud slinging match.
Do you not see the significance in Mr. Mirasty's achievement through his career? Certainly he is a role model for aboriginals and everyone else too, so are you and your family members that are educated or trades professionals. Have you ever thought of sharing your aboriginal history at the grass roots level by approaching a church group, school board, community centre and teach young people and open-minded people the history of the aboriginals and don't pay attention to the those who are closed minded. You are always so angry at people here and that's not good for your own preservation.
I hate to break it to you, but aboriginals are not the only people in Canada that suffer daily socio-economic challenges. There are many in Canada that are abused, hungry, sick, unemployed, uneducated and homeless.
Jay Silverheels told Johnny Carson, "I married an Italian to get back at Christopher Columbus!"
If that is your point of view you are either going to be angry for a very long time, or although I certainly hope not, acting out and ending up imprisoned.You're either with us, or against us.
As already mentioned in # 7 Do you also argue that Canada is wrong and that Kosovar Albanians should pick up and "go home"? After all most such families haven't been in Kosovo as long as many European ancestry families have been in Canada.[/QUOTE]Didn't the English have a date at which Hong Kong was to be returned to the Chinese? We have no such agreement with you gov't. so the comparison of the the two is neither valid or relevant.
