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Ojibwe Leader: Answers needed to help youth
Thursday, March 24, 2005
"My ancestors are from the area of Minnesota called Koochiching, which means where the waters narrow. We have links to the Red Lake tribe and I have felt a personal sense of loss with the tragedy that has taken place there.
On Monday, 16-year-old Jeff Weise went on a rampage, killing nine people before turning a gun on himself. It is a tragedy without apparent cause.
You see no signs of evil in the baby-faced photograph of Weise. Furthermore, the victims of his rage where his own: his neighbours, his grandparents, his kin.
So why would a disenfranchised aboriginal youth turn to hate groups, specifically neo-Nazis, to quell the anger in his belly? We need answers, a cure, therapy or treatment.
Reading Weise's posting to a neo-Nazi website, I was disheartened to find a discussion with him that included comments against adoption of 'rap culture' and 'blood mixing' on the Red Lake reserve.
The discussion forum was entitled 'Native American Nationalists.' I wonder if native American pride could actually be 'twisted' to racial supremacy."
Get the Story:
Sara Mainville: Tragedy raises questions
(The Toronto Star 3/24)
Relevant Links:
Red Lake Net News -
http://www.rlnn.comRed Lake
Nation -
http://www.redlakenation.orgRed
Lake High School -
http://www.paulbunyan.net/rlschools/hs.htm
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