Pass The Thought… Eh?

In an article called “A Map That Roared”, Sparke’s analyzes a statement made by Judge McEachern when examining a map that was proposed by the Gitxsan and Wet’swuet’en’s first nation groups. The map detailed their former land that had been taken away from them during Canada’s colonization of their land. Sparke’s analysis of Chief Judge McEachern’s, statement “We’ll call this the map that roared” referring to the new map proposed by Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’e nations, has two different interpretations. Sparke first interprets McEachern’s quote as McEachern giving strength and significance to the proposal. The second interpretation, though, is that the Chief Justice’s referenced Peter Seller’s 1959 movie satirizing Cold War geopolitics, The Mouse that Roared. This second interpretation is more accurate as McEachern added restructured colonial fixtures to the proposed map, which upset both first nation groups. Sparke’s analysis of Judge McEachern’s statement is that while the map should have depicted a bigger voice to the first nation people, it didn’t, and instead belittles them. This incident gives insight to the ever ongoing battle of giving voice to the less privileged.

Also please mark for assessment: The two short stories and this post as well.

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