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		<title>why i like reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because people are sometimes quite good at writing. I used to believe that if I wanted to blog, I also needed to bust my&#8230; behind with tons of research, then compose long and complicated posts with lots of supporting evidence &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/why-i-like-reading/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1351&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>wherefor art thou</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t need to begin that sentence. You know exactly who I’m talking about. I had the pleasure to interview the man before xmas. His assistant squeezed me into a hectic schedule. The push was on in the House of &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/wherefor-art-thou/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1344&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>merry, happy, and whatever</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be well. Travel safe. Don&#8217;t eat too much. See you on the flip side and 2012. May the new year bring fresh eyes, open ears and curious minds with touch of the weird and wonderful. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1333&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a cheery little xmas story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, more than I care to count, I confess that I was a federal civil servant. That’s not the worst part. I got that job at the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. But wait. That&#8217;s still not &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/a-cheery-little-xmas-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1339&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>four thumbs up</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/four-thumbs-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I totally recommend people visit this site &#8211; âpihtawikosisân &#8211; for a most excellent breakdown and analysis of the Attawapiskat scandal. It&#8217;s a humanitarian crisis, a story of crisis in Federal policy and mismanagement by THAT department (you know which &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/four-thumbs-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1334&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>who are you?</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/who-are-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am gobsmacked to see that even after a year of no new posts, people still gravitate to this site. Whatever are you looking for and at? That&#8217;s a rhetorical question but feel free to comment. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1329&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>what?? a whole year??</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back. The recent &#8220;status&#8221; on my Facebook page said it all: &#8220;I tried to not get into arguments over nothing. Then I realized that was a double negative and that I had to get into arguments over something after &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/what-a-whole-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1324&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>couldn&#8217;t help it</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a general rule, I try to stay within the bounds of Indigenous news and comment. I also try to avoid jumping on the next big story that comes along to attract cheap eyeballs at this site. But&#8230; I couldn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/couldnt-help-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1325&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>let&#8217;s call the whole thing off</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan has come up with a terrible idea. He thinks it&#8217;s a good one. But it isn&#8217;t. In fact, it&#8217;s such a dumb idea that I think Duncan wants to share some of the stink. What&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1316&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>changing lenses</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/changing-lenses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try not to have a lot of regrets. Things happen. Move on, if possible. Leave it behind. A former love suggested that only I could be responsible for my  happiness. She&#8217;s a former love so she must have taken &#8230; <a href="http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/changing-lenses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3635504&amp;post=1304&amp;subd=shmohawk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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