BONUS

I went to hear Dr. John Reid speak about the Maritime Treaties and the relation to the more recent movement of Idle No More.  Dr. Reid had given a brief description of the history of the treaties and mostly of the native communities of the Maritimes.  He stated that most of the other provinces are unlike how the Maritimes used to be, as they did not have treaties within their native communities and non-native communities.  He highlighted that the treaties were focused on friendship.  Not just a simple friendship, but yet one that is deep, strong and really means something.  He went on with saying that the friendship we used to share with the indigenous people has faded off by a significant amount.  Idle No More movement is one was that the indigenous people are trying to get back that friendship and not let the government take what the indigenous people have left.  It was a great experience listening to Dr. Reid, I left the room with much more knowledge than I did going in.