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   M I Wakefield to Byker   
   Re: SCC decides non-Canadian aboriginals   
   24 Apr 21 17:58:35   
   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: none@present.com   
      
   On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 16:41:10 -0500, "Byker"  wrote:   
      
   >"Eric@"  wrote in message   
   >news:MPG.3aee26728ec091c4989928@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>   
   >> "TORONTO - The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that Indigenous people   
   >> who are not Canadian citizens and who do not live in Canada can have   
   >> constitutionally protected rights in the country if they belong to groups   
   >> that are modern-day successors of ones that once occupied territory there.   
   >   
   >In the U.S., you must be at least one-sixteenth Indian to qualify as an   
   >"Indian". I'm one-quarter Cherokee, so does that mean I can go moose hunting   
   >without Canuckistani gubment interference?   
      
   No, because the Cherokees were never in Canada.   
      
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