HAROLD CARDINAL

The White man is a paradox. On the one hand, he professes almost fanatic commitment to high ideals; on the other, he disdains those same ideals in practice.

The biggest of all Indian problems is the white man.

The white man believes in equality, but apparently believes the white man is more equal than the Indian.

From the beginning the Indian accepted the white man in Canada. We allowed him differences. We helped him overcome his weakness in trying to make his way in our environment. We taught him to know our world, to avoid the pitfalls and deadfalls, how to trap and hunt and fish, how to live in a strange environment. Is it too much to ask the white man to reciprocate?

The White man seems unable to understand or perhaps he is unwilling to accept the fact that another man may believe differently—that another man's religion may be valid.

From the beginning the Indian accepted the white man in Canada. We allowed him differences. We helped him overcome his weakness in trying to make his way in our environment. We taught him to know our world, to avoid the pitfalls and deadfalls, how to trap and hunt and fish, how to live in a strange environment. Is it too much to ask the white man to reciprocate?

The biggest of all Indian problems is the white man.

The white man believes in equality, but apparently believes the white man is more equal than the Indian.

The White man is a paradox. On the one hand, he professes almost fanatic commitment to high ideals; on the other, he disdains those same ideals in practice.

The White man seems unable to understand or perhaps he is unwilling to accept the fact that another man may believe differently—that another man's religion may be valid.