Canada

Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario here - Ojibway/Cree from northern Ontario.

Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian brothers and sisters, landed, immigrant, nation-born, First Nation, Arch-Linux-users, Metis, religious, non-religious, whatever denomination, Lemmy-user, Fediverse-user, corpo-Social-Media-user, straight, bi, none-sexual, LGBTQ++++, black, brown, white and every shade in-between.

We have our differences, we have our troubles, we have issues, good, bad and whatever ... but at the end of the day we will always be national brothers and sisters who inhabit this land.

My parents were survivors of the Residential School system but they always celebrated Canada Day never knowing the politics or history ... they just enjoyed having a fun day in the middle of summer. I've grown to learn lots of good and bad about Canada but in all that history, I may have grown negative and dark but at the same time, as I grow older, I also realize that we have to keep hope alive and always reach out to others, especially to any potential allies. We can create a country where we can all co-exist in a cooperative way that can be equally beneficial for every individual in this country. I will always hope for that.

So good day to you all!! Kitchi-Meegwetch Misiway (Thank you very much to everyone) Nee-nas-kah-moon! (I give my praises!)