I AM ABORIGINAL

  

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I have a dreamcatcher but it was given to me by a white person.

I do not own a canoe but I know somebody who does.

I have lived here forever but only been a citizen since 1960.

I have never rubbed noses as a sign of affection but I'd be more than willing to try.

I do not personally have a land claim but I have not ruled out that possibility.

I have enjoyed watching Graham Greene on television and reading the other Graham Greene's novels.

I have lived on the Reserve and in the city.

I watch APTN and CNN.

I am Ojibway, Cree, Iroquois, Haida, Inuit etc. but I am also Canadian.

I personally have never worn buckskin but I do support that indigenous right.

I am not from India but I do like their food.

I am better with a video game than a bow and arrow.

Contrary to popular belief, I do pay taxes and, like you, I find it annoying.

I was at Oka, if not in body then in spirit.

I have ridden a horse, if not in body then in spirit.

My great-great-grandmotherwas part white but that doesn't change anything.

I have never hunted buffalo but I've had their wings.

Contrary to popular belief I prefer my baloney raw, not fried.

I love going to a powwow as much as I love going to a hockey game.

I am glad that you had a Native friend once, but, I'm sorry, I do not know all of the approximately one million people of Aboriginal heritage in Canada.

Yes I have seen Dances With Wolves but it is not my favuorite movie.

I drive a Chevy pickup, a Ford Escort, a Kia Sportage, a Hyundai Tucson and a Kawasaki.

I listen to country music, rock, rap, blues and opera.

I have blonde, brown, black, red, and grey hair.

I have a University degree.

I own a house, and it is not a teepee.

-- by Drew Hayden Taylor,