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The call was long-distance since she's moved out of province both for work and family. I haven't seen her in years, so we chatted for over an hour. I updated her on my life and found out her teen is getting big, like mine. She's been living on reserve for a few years with her husband, and a new baby.
She'd been keeping her eye on the current chief at a recent community event where he was unofficially doing some "campaigning" on the sidelines. It seems he was handing out money to a few people there, with the understanding that they'd support him with a vote in the next election.The real joke is she isn't a band member of that reserve, so she didn't have a ballot to vote in the band election anyway. The money the chief gave her to gain her vote was for nothing.See the full content of this document
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Vote-Buying Remains All Too Common On Reserves
An old friend I hadn't heard from in a long time called me the other day. Lately, my main means of keeping up with friends has been Facebook, so it was real nice to hear her voice.
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