Indigenous people call Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s tweet ‘disappointing’
Your Province, Your Premier“I am happy to explain our partnership with First Nations, which I feel very proud of I think our province has really been a pioneer in our relationship with First Nations,” she said. “This part of the world would not have been opened up if our First Nation partners had not been willing to trade with us… and develop a vibrant industry.”
She noted there is a long history of not living up to commitments outlined in Treaties and said her government is making “historical reparations for the errors that we made.”Smith said it’s a partnership she values and because of that “you will hear me talk a lot about Alberta’s First Nations because I don’t want people to forget that history.”
But comments in the video, like Indigenous peoples and settlers “supporting one another as neighbours” have drawn broader concern about how Smith views that history. “You can’t just say someone is your neighbour when the history of our country is a colonial one,” said Indigenous political science expert Matthew Wildcat. “Often times Canada has intruded on the rights and authority of First Nation and Indigenous People in the country. That has to be rectified before we can adopt terms like ‘neighbour’ to talk about each other.”
Wildcat, who is also a member of Ermineskin Cree Nation, said he takes issue with Smith’s use of the word “frontier.”“Europeans used the idea of the frontier in order to exert control and power into new areas. The frontier is an idea of colonialism. It is distinctly meant to further colonialism.”A spokesperson for the Alberta NDP said the party does not have anything further to add.
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