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This is a reading of a document from 1910. From the Shuswap Nation website:
"In the summer of 1910, Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier set out across the country on a “non- political” pre-election campaign tour. On August 25th he stopped in Kamloops where he was met
by a delegation of Chiefs from the Secwépemc, Nlaka’pamux, and Syilx Nations, who greeted
their guest with an unequivocal message. They enlisted the help of their “secretary,” a Scottish-born ethnologist and long-time ally, James Teit, who had put their words onto paper, and French priest Father LeJeune, who translated the verbal presentation
and presented the written English document (“the Memorial”). The Interior Chiefs asserted the persistence of their Aboriginal Nations’ title and sovereignty over their respective territories, vowing that they would continue to struggle for a just and reciprocal relationship with the government until it was achieved."
http://shuswapnation.org/to-sir-wilfrid-laurier/

I have done theatrical performances with Savage Society of a variation of this piece...and the more I do the performance...the more I think this document is important. So I've read it aloud for myself to have a better understanding...and anyone that would benefit from hearing it.

Hope you enjoy. O siem.

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