about the north, no arguements here. There are several reservations I've been to that rival the slums of many third world countries. There are also several that I wish I could have lived on they were so good.
Unfortunately the stats do show that the First Nations do have major problems with alcoholism and substance abuse. As for fishing, we ought to organize a CF-Community fishing expedition next summer. Fly up on a bush plane to some remote lake for a week of fishing etc. Would be a blast. larry On 12/9/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I said, Larry, which you prefer depends on what kind of fish you want to > catch. There are fantastic places in Northern Saskatchewan toward Laloche or > Laronge that are phenomenal as well... and I'm sure plenty of others that I'm > not familiar with. Lots of fly-in or float-in places in both provinces. > > I don't necessarily agree that those rates are higher among First Nations... > given the things my sister has told me about the northern community she lives > and works in. > > It's about isolation and lack of reasonable access to good schools, good > healthcare and good recreation --nothing culture or heritage specific. > > >Its an old Manitoba and Saskatchewan argument. At times I think that > >the only thing that hold the Canadian provinces together is their > >mutual dislike of each other. > > > >As for siding with one or the other, try fishing in both places then > >decide. I know a few places off the Churchill River in northern > >Manitoba where the fishing is phenomenal. And the nearest bit of > >civilization is a couple of hundred of miles away. These are places > >that you can only get to by float plane. > > > >As for the reservations, casinos etc may work for those reservations > >in the southern part of the country, but in places like the duck lake > >reservation you can only fly on a bush plane or wait for the winter > >roads. They are so isolated that any convention solutions cannot work. > > > >As for the alcoholism, drinking and suicide rates, in a nutshell Yes. > >in fact they may be worse. You just don't have very screwed up kids > >shooting up schools in response. They usually just kill themselves or > >get so screwed up on glue sniffing or gasoline sniffing that there's > >not really much difference. > > > >larry > > > >On 12/9/05, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> like the american indians? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187043 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
