WTF?? So under this BS, someone who had a great grandparent as a status indian can claim to be a status native. What the fuck is an Indian today if toy can claim to be a status indian with only 12.5 % of your ancestry being native? What a crock.
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Carol Scott, whose grandmother was a status Indian, said her grandmother lost that recognition when she married a non-aboriginal man.
The marriage meant that her grandmother and her children couldn't live on reserve and were denied health and education benefits.
But Scott, who's from Manitoba, said that it's more an issue of identity.
"It's almost like you're lost, you're in limbo. You don't know where you belong anymore. And that's so important to belong," she said.
Scott said the government's amendment is as good start.
"We want what belongs to us. It's our birthright. I'm an aboriginal person, I'm proud of it and I want my son to be proud of it, too."
Here we have it...greed. I want a slice of the pie too. Lady, neither you nor your son are aboriginal.
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My children cannot pass status to their children. So yes, there's still a problem."
There has to be a limit on who can be declared aboriginal based on ancestry. If 7 out of 8 of your antecedents were non Aboriginal then you can't claim to be so. Hell if only one grandparent was a status indian, you should be excluded from being referred to as a status indian.
(20%) 
CKA Elite 
