Critics say the Vatican statement that the 15th-century documents "were manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers" sidesteps its responsibility in legitimizing exploitation of Indigenous peoples.
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Jason Bird chuckled when asked about the fuss that singer Jully Black has raised by changing a line in Canada s national anthem to “on native land.” The professor of governance at the First Nations University of Canada says he and his friends used to sing the opening lines to “O Canada” that way all the time when he was in school.