I am concerned that the constant reporting of and breathless acceptance of virtually all of the statements of indigenous activists is going to make it more difficult to gain necessary public support for sensible policy changes.  For example, one activist was recently claiming in the Globe that, in pre-european times, all aboriginal women could walk safely throughout the land.  This is not true.  It is also claimed that the original settlers were at all times "one with nature".  This is not true. We know that entire species were wiped out by indigenous peoples long before the europeans arrived, and that there is also ample evidence of overuse of land resources by natives.  The indigenous people were just that, people, with flaws and wars and problems.  I support Trudeau and the Liberal initiatives, but this continual and unexamined deification  of the early native lifestyle is really becoming annoying.