Friday, 5 June 2015

The Kets of Siberia and Canada's First Nations

Ancient connections and new:
https://youtu.be/7M0QnAqQUmw?t=25m21s
If you only have two minutes to spend on the subject, that link will take you to the moment in Edward Vajda's lecture when he makes the (inevitable) comparison between Stalin's policy of assimilation (through residential schools) and what unfolded in Canada.

Of course, if you have more than two minutes, the rest of the lecture is, also, worth hearing.