"In my own country there is a saying in Sanskrit,
"Yatra nayra pujyante tatra ramante devata", which means that
"Where the women are respected and respectable,
there resides the Gods of our well-being"
(Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi -- Beijing Talk)
http://www.sahajayoga.org/quotesandtalks/beijing.asp
(Beverly Jacobs) President of Native Women's Association of Canada Responds to Canadian Apology in the House of Commons http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/apology-in-parliament/#clip59186
(Patrick Brazeau) National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, and (Mary Simon) President of Tapiriit Kanatami respond to the apology:
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/apology-in-parliament/#clip59184
Newspaper Scans (view and download) - inspired by Chris Kyriacou
http://www.sahajayoga.ca/Apology/Canadian-Apology-Aborigonals-National-Post.pdf
(National Post)
http://www.sahajayoga.ca/Apology/Canadian-Apology-Aboriginals-Globe-and-Mail.pdf
(Globe and Mail)
http://www.sahajayoga.ca/Apology/Canadian-Apology-Aboriginals-Vancouver-Sun.pdf (Vancouver Sun)
See attached Newspaper images
CTV Article with Video links
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080610/native_apology_080611/20080611?hub=Politics (Article)
The listening to and the respecting of our Aboriginal Mothers in our parliment for the first time was perhaps of highest importance, and reminiscent of the great significance of needing to do so, as highlighted in the Mahabharata.
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