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The difference of treatment of the American Indians by the United States on the one hand and the British colony of Canada on the other is most marked ; in the former case there is discontent, and native 3 are looked down upon and despised as " niggers," and treated little better than beasts ; while in the latter there is rapid progress, and the natives are most loyal. Many Canadian Indians are not only civilised, but progress so fait that soon there will be no line of division between them and their white neighbours. They live in comfortable houses and have adopted the clothing, the dietary, and many of the customs of the whites. They make roads, have their own agricultural societies with their annual shows, and whenever they adopt the occupations of the palefaces they prove themselves their equals. Many of them, too, enter the Civil Service and obtain Government appointments.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 52
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152Thrivlng. Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 52
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