Interlude 1 Songtext
von Amanda Rheaume
Interlude 1 Songtext
What′s a Métis? What is a Métis?
Well first of all Sir John A. Macdonald wanted to make sure he killed
The Métis off. For him, we were to be treated as whites. He used
Those words. People in Ottawa, they didn't know who the Métis people
Were. People in Ontario, they thought we′d long gone with the
Buffalo. So the federal government in Indian Affairs wanted to erase
The memory and the knowledge of the Métis people, because the Ontario
Government figured that, well these Indians were supposed to die off
The numbers were supposed to go down, they're not supposed to go up
Well first of all Sir John A. Macdonald wanted to make sure he killed
The Métis off. For him, we were to be treated as whites. He used
Those words. People in Ottawa, they didn't know who the Métis people
Were. People in Ontario, they thought we′d long gone with the
Buffalo. So the federal government in Indian Affairs wanted to erase
The memory and the knowledge of the Métis people, because the Ontario
Government figured that, well these Indians were supposed to die off
The numbers were supposed to go down, they're not supposed to go up
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