Phillip Manuel

Welcome!

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I first want to express my highest gratitude to all my teachers in life, because as I grow old, it is all your knowledge you have shared with me that now is shaping my outlook and my determination to work tirelessly to become a better human being.

 Recent Tid-Bits of Interest

• June 2010 - new Weblog with topics ranging from Indigeneity, Technology, Humanity, and Poems. I hope you can drop by for a visit and read and share your thoughts and ideas. [click here]
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• June 2009 Syilx Protests new laws for border-crossing between Canada and the USA that took affect this month. These new requirements for passing through the border denies the free passage guaranteed to First Nations through the 1794 Jay Treaty in which Britain and the USA recognized "the rights of Indians to freely pass between the US and Canada". As with all historic attempts by the state-colonists, our people gathered to express our deep concern over their failure to honour their own treaties. Some pictures of the day's even where provided by a member of the Syilx Nation, click here to view the album.
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• Manuel Liberty Consulting Ltd. is going to make a comeback in the next few months! I'm very excited about the possibilities. A new website is under construction.
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• Congratulations to my First Nation tribe along with their partners in a recent BC Appeal Court victoryagainst the government and crown corporation who ruled in favour of our First Peoples over issues about fiduciary  obligation to proper consultation with First Nations prior to any land developments. For more information and to read the actual court ruling document, click here.
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• Special Celebration for grandma and grandpa Harris - March 22, 2009 at the Vancouver Friendship Centre, 2pm - 6pm. Chief Ken Harris and his wife Margaret Harris are elders who both have long years in service of our First Peoples and some friends have organized an honour celebration for all their years of service to the communities.  Contact person can be reached at the following email:harrishonorday@hotmail.com
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• "Clearing Path to Justice" background by Grand Chief Ed John of the BC First Nations Summit was recently released, excerpt from the Summit website:"Speaking at Clearing the Path to Justice, held on January 28, 2009, Grand Chief Edward John, explained to the audience that First Nations in BC have long been concerned that even as they appear to make significant strides through the judicial system and in the international arena, they are still a long way from achieving the ability to protect and exercise their inherent rights in a meaningful way especially since Canada and the Province of British Columbia (“BC”) continue to deny the constitutionally-protected title and rights of First Nations in litigation and in modern treaty negotiations." click here for full details.

Introduction

This site is all about me, my dreams and aspirations, my life experiences and thoughts about what I have experienced, my culture and spirituality as a proud Syilx warrior of the interior tribes of what is now called British Columbia, Canada. I am a proud Canadian in this post-colonial era with deeply rooted values and teachings of my people.

I would like to give special honorary mention to my mother, Laura Manuel for all she represents in my life. To my step-dad, Tom Molett, you have been there all my life and I can never express how thankful I am for your being in my life. Also to my aunt Amy Tom for her spirit lives on in me and her unwavering determination to not give in to pressures when it comes to our culture and language. And finally to my late father, William Alexis Laferté, who in his final years shared with me many of his life experiences.

So now here we are, me sharing my life with you and you taking the time to view my site. Bless you and I thank you for your caring enough to take the time to learn more about who I am and all the things that are so very important to me.

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