Saddening. The Age of Bewilderment moves on... K On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Paul L LeBlanc via ACADIAN < acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Thanks Renee > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Renee Cummings > > I thought you might be interested in this story from the Toronto Star. > > https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/03/04/families- > divided-after-ottawa-tells-thousands-theyre-not-indigenous.html > > Matthew Connolly and 100,000 other people said they belonged to the Qalipu > band. The government determined 83,000 were wrong — dividing families and, > in one case, twins > > > . > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the > "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My Grandma didn't face rapant racism, as did MOST.OF.HER.RELATIVES. Acadian/Mi'kmaq on the West Coast of Newfoundland...just so some suit in Ottawa could run their mouth, and tell people to deny their ancestry...their BLOOD. I have been following this story very closely since it began, years ago, and find the attitude of the Canadian Govt, repulsive. Can you imagine, the same situation if all the Scottish descendants in Canada ( I have this too) wanted to join their family 'clan' and were then told, " No, go...so sorry". It's outrageous. On Sunday, March 5, 2017 5:31 PM, K Eaton via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: Saddening. The Age of Bewilderment moves on... K On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Paul L LeBlanc via ACADIAN < acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >  Thanks Renee > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Renee Cummings > > I thought you might be interested in this story from the Toronto Star. > >  https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/03/04/families- > divided-after-ottawa-tells-thousands-theyre-not-indigenous.html > > Matthew Connolly and 100,000 other people said they belonged to the Qalipu > band. The government determined 83,000 were wrong — dividing families and, > in one case, twins > > > . > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message.  You will receive a > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam.  Give it the > "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message . ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message.  You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam.  Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message