- Several of the works discuss historical injustices experienced by Indigenous people. Can the exposure of these injustices through literature lead to better conditions for Indigenous people in Canada?
Use evidences from these below to support your answer.
- Buffy Sainte- Marie “Now the Buffalo’s Gone”
- Emma LaRocque “Long Way From Home”
- Wab Kinew “Good boy”
Now the Buffalo’s Gone
Can you remember the times
That you have held your head high
and told all your friends of your Indian claim
Proud good lady and proud good man
Some great great grandfather from Indian blood came
and you feel in your heart for these ones
Oh it’s written in books and in song
that we’ve been mistreated and wronged
Well over and over I hear those same words
from you good lady and you good man
Well listen to me if you care where we stand
and you feel you’re a part of these ones
When a war between nations is lost
the loser we know pays the cost
but even when Germany fell to your hands
consider dear lady, consider dear man
you left them their pride and you left them their land
and what have you done to these ones
Has a change come about my dear man
or are you still taking our lands
A treaty forever your senators sign
They do dear lady, they do dear man
and the treaties are broken again and again
and what will you do for these ones
Oh it’s all in the past you can say
but it’s still going on here today
The governments now want the Navaho land
that of the Inuit and the Cheyenne
It’s here and it’s now you can help us dear man
Now that the buffalo’s gone.
Good Boy
He started as a good boy
But died in the hood boy
The city is the jungle so look out for the woods boy
Criminal appearance
Aboriginal appearance
Took the wrong way home now he’s walking with the spirits
I’m just talking with my lyrics
Don’t get caught in the hysterics
Just trying to let my kids live without the interference
It’s bigger than the boy shot
Or cop who pulled the trigger
It’s a product of our history how Canada’s configured
What you figure
Well here’s one man’s opinion
Old habits die hard you wanna kill the Indian
but you can’t kill us, the Elders taught us to survive
There’s a cop chopper in the sky should we run for our lives?
No never, I’m more clever
Makin tomorrow more better
Jessica like a native Coretta Scott King
We need to stop things
I think we should, boys
Or more Native moms
say good-bye to their good boys
We gotta live together
Or else we die without giving a shit together
Gangsters know eventually the cops is who they run to
And the cops gotta know that these Natives got some guns too
I’m not a sun to you
I see no art in war
I believe in peace
That’s what this pipe is for
You may hear the vision
Think it’s an oddity
That police and thugs could be living in some harmony
But follow me
Yes I got the mental fitness
I don’t go to court
But still I bear witness
Matthew’s sisters teaches cops yes
That’s their business
Damn man can you imagine the forgiveness
If she forgives cops we should forgive the criminals
If they change their ways
Then respect the individuals
I stand before my God
Saying I’m so pitiful
Please save the children
Make em all invincible
