Globe & Mail – La LOCHE SHOOTINGS Response to violence, mental health in North under scrutiny following La Loche shootings

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/response-to-violence-mental-health-in-north-under-scrutiny/article28391654/

La LOCHE SHOOTINGS

#1 PROBLEM – NOT ENOUGH VARIETY FOR YOUNG GENERATION. SAME OLD SAME OLD LEADS TO RESTLESSNESS AND THEN TROUBLE. BUILD MORE BUILDINGS WITH SOME FORM OF ENGAGEMENT ON THE PART OF YOUNGER KIDS.

#2 PROBLEM – STUPID WHITE MAN’S WESTERN DIET. ALL WRONG FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE AND NORTHERN INUIT PEOPLE. MIX OF WESTERN AND NATIVE TRADITIONAL DIETS IS THE WORST THING POSSIBLE. STICK TO ONE OR THE OTHER.

#3 PROBLEM – TEARING DOWN THE SCHOOL SERVES WHAT PURPOSE? WHAT ARE THE KIDS GOING TO DO IN THE MEANTIME WHILE WAITING FOR ANOTHER ONE TO BE BUILT? TEARING DOWN WILL COST MONEY AND MORE MONEY TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL. THEN WHAT? ANOTHER SHOOTING AND TEARING IT DOWN AGAIN?
BEST THING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE KIDS DON’T FORGET THE ‘WHY’ THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

#4 PROBLEM – DIET THAT LEADS TO TO MUCH BODY FAT IN THIS MODERN ERA. MIX OF FAT FROM TRADITIONAL NORTHERN DIETS AND MODERN CHEMICALS IS THE BEST WAY TO NOT ONLY A SHORT LIFE, BUT ALSO AN UNHEALTHY ONE WITH MANY PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY MENTAL HEALTH. NATIVE DIETS ARE BASED ON WHAT NATURE DOES. MODERN WESTERN DIET IS BASED TOTALLY ON CHEMICALS FOR A MORE TEMPERATE CLIMATE. THE TWO DON’T MIX WELL AND CAUSES FASTER DEGENERATION OF THE BODY’S NORMAL CHECK AND BALANCES.

#5 PROBLEM – CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES A CHANGE IN TRADITIONAL NATIVE DIETS ALSO. YOU’LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BY COMPARING THE OLD GENERATION’S HEALTH AND THE YOUNGER ONE.

#6 PROBLEM – START TALKING ABOUT HOW DRUGS ARE GETTING INTO FIRST NATIONS AND NORTHERN POPULATIONS. THE REST OF THE WORLD AND PLANET HASN’T GOT A CLUE ABOUT HOW THAT IS HAPPENING. WE ARE ALL HEARING ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DEALERS, THE TRAFFICKING, THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, HOW THE KIDS ARE GETTING A HOLD OF THAT STUFF. THE LONGER THE REST OF THE PLANET REMAINS UNINFORMED THE LONGER THE PROBLEM WILL PERSIST. START TALKING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T PUT IT ON THE TABLE, MORE TRAGEDIES WILL CONTINUE UNABATED. POVERTY WILL REMAIN AND THE WHITE WESTERN MIND WILL ALSO KEEP THE FIRST NATIONS POPULATION UNDER THEIR CONTROL INSTEAD OF THE PRIDE, DIGNITY AND RESPECT WAY OVERDUE TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEIR AFFAIRS. IT MAY BE PAINFUL, BUT MUCH LESS THAN MORE SHOOTINGS.

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