We Were Not The Savages

This book is not a requirement for our upcoming P.A.T.H. training, although perhaps it should be. I read it out of a desire to understand a little better the history of the Mi'kmaq people, it is a bleak history.

We Were Not The Savages
by Daniel N. Paul

This book is a must read. It is well researched, well sourced and referenced and very well presented. I'm ashamed at how very little I actually knew of the history of the Mi'kmaq people.

It became clear, reading this book, how very important Worldview is and how it has impacted non-native poeples perceptions of Native people today. All of our current prejudices, and worldviews are infected by the propaganda of centuries of misdirection and abuses. History is written by the conquerors, and the histories I've read avoid some of the ugly truths exposed in this book.

It is no wonder the United Nations Condemned Canada for gross indecency among our Native population. In 2001 Canada was rated by the U.N. 63rd in the world for health and social conditions, below Mexico and Thailand.