Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, the side of the French Jesuit missionaries that came to live in what is now Ontario.
I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it. but there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. W… - Joseph Boyden
I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it. but there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. W…
- Joseph Boyden
People will say that Canada, unlike America, was not birthed from violence. But I want to say, "What are you talking about?" It's just not true. - Joseph Boyden
People will say that Canada, unlike America, was not birthed from violence. But I want to say, "What are you talking about?" It's just not true.
There were incredibly complex societies already existing in North America long before Europeans arrived. So many people think that before European co… - Joseph Boyden
There were incredibly complex societies already existing in North America long before Europeans arrived. So many people think that before European co…
The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic." - Joseph Boyden
The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."
There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows i… - Joseph Boyden
There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows i…
We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants. - Joseph Boyden
We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.
I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we're going through some of the most important time in this country's short 150 years. - Joseph Boyden
I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we're going through some of the most important time in this country's short 150 years.
The world is a different place in this new century, [...]. And we are a different people. My visions still come but no one listens any longer to what… - Joseph Boyden
The world is a different place in this new century, [...]. And we are a different people. My visions still come but no one listens any longer to what…
Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, … - Joseph Boyden
Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, …
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