#it does all the major faux pas of writing almost exclusively in past tense

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it’s kind of surreal that i open up tumblr to yell about the Northwest Resistance and immediately i see 1. an article on systemic bullying and harrassment in the RCMP and 2. spirit halloween refusing to take “native” costumes off the shelves because now i have to once again process that Nothing has Changed before i go back to yelling

#hapo reads canadian history #its the resistance its not the rebellion aaaaaaaaaa #the Signing if it can be called such of treaty 7 was just Teeth Gnashing AAAa #also this chapter is probably more sympathetic but i still have so many issues with how it's written #it does all the major faux pas of writing almost exclusively in past tense #bad use of dated language in a contemporary voice etc #and then a kind of nod to oh yeah i hear they're still out there facing legal battles... hmm #and of course more focus on the suffering than the past ten thousand years #which granted at this time people still werent getting through their heads so like i get it.