Breakup Reflections

Hola! time flies by when you are old! Thank you for all the emails and requests, I finally have an afternoon to deal with them. A big hello to our friends at the Homeland Colours Blog (ya ya I know an extra "u" has mysteriously appeared in your blog title *wink*). If you look on the side bar you will notice I have added some links that explore and discuss Metis history and the significant role African Americans played in parts of the Metis Homelend. Now to the juicy stuff....Metis Health dollars and the Metis blogs that question. In the Homeland Derryl Sanderson http://www.derrylsanderson.blogspot.com/ from Manitoba continues to address some of the concerns the grass roots Metis and have expressed about mishandling of these funds at a federal level. Here in BC the MNBC has thrown their hands in the air, taken their toys and gone back to their own yard to play http://www.mpcbc.bc.ca/pdf/pr_news19_2.pdf, this unfortunately gives the impression of a wee one having a bit of sulk and pout cause he lost the game. Add to the mix that Earlene Bitterman although openly acknowledging the fear tactics leadership is silencing the People with " What has happened to the grassroots of the Métis Nation, and the free speech of the Métis nation. Many members have experienced, after inner turmoil in their Métis community, Lawyers letters from heads of Métis Organizations, silencing free speech and interference in their right to access to self governance." she goes on to decry these same peoples protective cloak of anonymity they choose to stave off attack on them or their families http://novametisnewslink.ca/editorial1.html . Come on Earlene that is hardly fair, write these people, gaurantee their confidence as other bloggers and journalists do, you may be pleasantly surprised at the validity of their claims. As for this old Northern Gal, hey...I will keep my head beneath the line of fire and contemplate the treasures the melting snow is revealing in my front yard. To the BC youth that has been commenting on Derryl's blog, feel free to contact me through this site and I will try to help you as I can.