Canada is a Huron word. It means Village. Cultrual appropriation from Native reight from the start. Yes I have problems with the Olympics trotting out Native peoples trying to show the world how “great canada is to its first nations” No marketing imagery ever could erase these ongoing legacies of a history of colonial …genocide in Canada (and elsewhere). As this article points out, there are significant political issuse in Indigenous Canada that the games are glassing over and the games are marketing Native culture as homogenous and interchangeable. Why else would they be using an artic cultures symbol for a logo, totem poles ( Pac NW) and grass dancers (Plains). Fuck you Canada, and Fuck you olympic committee for being the same old colonizers in a glossy new package.
http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/02/15/guest-post-an-indigenous-olympics/
