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   Greg Carr to M I Wakefield   
   Re: SCC decides non-Canadian aboriginals   
   24 Apr 21 22:38:17   
   
   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 2:58:36 PM UTC-7, M I Wakefield wrote:   
   > On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 16:41:10 -0500, "Byker"  wrote:   
   >   
   > >"Eric@" wrote in message   
   > >news:MPG.3aee26728...@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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