Sometimes when enough is enough, you take a stand and all sorts of forces are unleashed

Once again, it is time to give thanks for–and to–the young people among us.

Unlike so many of us, they tend to not let important things–big or small–slide.

They know when to draw the line.

More of them, it appears, are trying to right the wrongs they see–each in his or her own way--from Parkland, Florida to the West Edmonton Mall.

That’s where Montana Courts was last Sunday.

There was no grandstanding, but Montana Courts stood up for firmly for herself, her roots and common decency.

Courts, a Metis, is a recent history graduate (Canadian and Indigenous) from MacEwan University in Alberta.

She is 25 and for the most part her political activism has been low key–like quietly suggesting to retail store managers that maybe “the dream-catchers they are selling be made by Indigenous people, rather than ‘made in China.'”

Then last Sunday happened.

Listen

As you heard, the statue is gone now–removed the following day.

There are conflicting reports about how many people complained.

With files from CBC, Huffington Post

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