Distrust, racism loom over police probe into death of First Nations man

Wow, ironic just today in my Geography class I first heard of the term "First Nations". That is horrible that the 22 year old got shot especially since they were just trying to seek help. I am surprised that in this time 2016, people are still so prejudice against Native tribes. How did your wife react to being called a "Squaw"? I too am part native American, fortunately I have not encountered any racial slurs probably because you cannot really tell from my looks of the mixture of minorities that I am made from. I think it is truly sad that people hold such prejudices when, if they truly looked at their own heritage, they are not a "pure blood" either. These days, especially in the North American part of the world, there are not many people who are fully one thing or another. In fact, what is an American or a Canadian? One of the things that makes us so unique as nations is that fact that we are not a single solitary ethic group or race. My boyfriend lives in Alabama, and he is very Irish as is his family. He can trace his lineage all the way back to the first Davenports that came from Ireland to America. Yet his father speaks so derogatorily about many things. From African American/black people to tele-evangelists. I am waiting for the day that he says something like that around me. Because I don't think I will be able to remember the good little southern girl I was raised to be. Granted, he probably won't like what I have to say....but I think I'll get over that.

Native People face racism in the US, all the Latin American countries that I have visited too. I inherited my mother's father's Spanish genes (Caucasian and Moore), so I look Mediterranean. While all my brothers and sister have my father Native genes. My mother spoke Mayan, English, and Spanish. My father spoke English, Spanish and some weird language that in my youth and European education bias failed to appreciate. But from my Mother I learned to understand and respect Mother Nature and Her ways. The word Squaw has various meaning in the Native languages, but as it was used by that white man, it was an insult. I am sorry for the idiot's behavior, so Old Friend express my sentiment to your wife.

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As a man who is married to a minority woman myself (my wife is Black), I can relate. Surprisingly though, the most racist people I've noticed are Black people. They can't seem to stand the fact that "one of theirs" married a "white boy." Though they seem to have no problem dating/marrying white women.

Our daughter also gets comments. She is really light skinned. You can tell she's mixed, but most people (if my wife isn't with us) think she's White and Hispanic (when she's with just me) or Black and Hispanic (when she's with just my Wife). They seem surprised when they find out the truth.