How have people reconciled contending nationalist and non-nationalist loyalties?

Sports Teams

All the different sports teams represent a different contending non-nationalist loyalty. They are all competing against one another in a competition. All trying to be better than the other one. During a game or a sports competition they are all trying to win, but after the competition there is reconciliation and the people decide to co-exist in peace.

Voting 

This picture is a great example of how people reconcile contending nationalist and non-nationalist loyalties. Sometimes people may experience times when their nationalist loyalties come in conflict with non-nationalist loyalties because they both have different goals. This can sometimes result in alienation, so the people would have to pick one loyalty over another, or maybe even living/seeing their contending loyalty everyday can reconcile contending nationalist and non-nationalist loyalties.

Multiculturalism

In the above picture it shows stick people, all different colors, but all together on one canvas. The caption at the bottom of the picture reads "We could all learn a lesson from crayons: they are all different colors but manage to live in the same box." This means that even though everyone is different, they look beyond that, beyond all their differences and co-exist with eachother in peace.

Religious and Nationalist Loyalty 

Because of globalization and worldwide migration, our school includes many different religious beliefs. Canada is a civic nation, so people here have the freedom of religion guaranteed in the charter of rights. People that have a lot of different religious loyalties respect one another's beliefs and will coexist in peace. But it isn't always like this, some places around the world still come in conflict with religious and nationalist loyalties, but we're the lucky ones. People in Canada are respected and excepted for their religious beliefs.

Canada

 

Canada is a great example on the topic of reconciliation of contending nationalist loyalties. Just recently, the Canadian government released something called "The Statement of Reconciliation" which was basically an apology to the First Nations people of Canada. It apologized for all the wrong doings that had been done to the First Nations, for example the reserves and the residential schools. They wanted to reconcile with the First Nations people and be able to co-exist in peace with eachother.

       Multiculturalism

Canada is a great contributor to showing how multicultural nations can manage to work and live together in peace. Many different religions, being many different non nationalist and nationalist loyalties tend to come into conflict and not get along and/or agree on many things involving the country. Our school is a great example of multiculturalism. With so many different cultures, countries can be scared of segregation occurring, thus leading to less and less loyalties and more and more disagreements between those loyalties. But Because of reconciliation we can all live and work as a whole.

                                                                    Acceptance

 

Our school, crescent heights high school is a great place to really show multiculturalism and acceptance. Without Canada reconciling to so many different loyalties our school would not be such a diverse place. The reconciling occurred greatly with everyone being more understanding and knowing that alienation may sometimes even be a good thing Since we all came together as one we can call it a great place with great opportunities and a great complete loyalty.

Countries of Reconciliation

 

These 2 flags of Pakistan and India are two different loyalties who once were full on enemies and now accept each other for what they believe and who they are as different people with different rights. For non nationalist loyalties and nationalist loyalties to reconcile is a lot of work. Involving compromise and acceptance to each other and considering each others beliefs, it can be done! India and Pakistan are a great example of this considering all they've been through as enemies, and now being able to call each other friends. Both religions were close to alienation because of how Pakistan was basically trying to force Indians to change their ways and values to be more like them. Which once was failed caused both loyalties to realize the importance of multiculturalism and so they reconciled their differences and obtain respect for one another's beliefs.

How have people reconciled contending Nationalist Loyalties?

Reconciliation is the act of resolving differences and repairing relationships that enables people to come to terms with past injustices and to coexist in peace. Nationalist loyalties is basically being loyal to your nation. Going along with the nations values and beliefs even if you do not come from that nation originally.

There have been many times inthe past when people have had to reconcile and come to terms with a contending nationalist loyalty. For example:

1. The Oka Crisis - In 1990, a group of Mohawks people set up a roadblock and a camp in a nearby woods  on the Kanesatake reserve. The Mohawks goal was to stop the expansion of a golf course onto the land that the Mohawks claimed as their own and thought of it as sacred. The Quebec government did not talk to the protesters, while the roadblock was in place, and as usual the protesters said no to remove the barricade. This went on for four months. Other First Nations set up their very own barricade to support the protest going on. Soon enough the Quebec government called in the army, over 2500 Canadian soilders moved in, and slowly started to cut off the protesters communications with the outside people. The protest finally ended on September 26th. Later on the federal government brought up the disputed land, and gave the ownership to the Mohawks. This left a bitterness feeling among the people of Kanesatake and other Aboriginal people.


2. The Royal Commision on Aboriginal Peoples - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney set up the Royal Commision on Aborginial Peoples in 1991 so that the government could get public input. There were 3 non-aborginal, and 4 aboriginal people to sit on the commision. There was one question they had to ask anyone they interviewed or questioned and that was: What are the foundations of a fair and honourable relationship between the aboriginal and non aboriginal people of Canada? After listening to about 2000 people, visiting 96 commuinites, and talking to many experts the people on the commision wrote a report, with 5 different volumes titled "People to People, Nation to Nation". In the end concluding that the policy the Canadian government and the colonial government had been using for the past 150 years was wrong. This showed Canadians a different view on the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people. It said that they had the right as a seperate nation to govern themselves while being in partnership with Canada.

3. Statement of Reconciliation - There was findings of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples led the federal government to issue a Statement of Reconciliation in 1998. This Reconciliation basically said how Canada is now regretting Canada's history of inhabiting Aboriginal culture, values, and also weakening the identity of Aboriginal peoples. The Statement of Reconciliation said "We must acknowledge that the result of these actions was the erosion of the political, economic and social systems of Aboriginal people and nations." After going through so much, for some Aboriginals this statement was a step forward, but for others it was nothing but empty words.

4. Land Claims - Settling land claims had always been a problem and a conflict between people. The first modern land claim that was settled would be the James Bay and Northern Quebec agreement of 1975. Only a few more have been settled, but in 2007 about 800 were still unsolved. On June 19, 2007 the National Day of Action was organized by the Assembly of First Nations, this day was all about the First Nations people to talk about issues that had become a bigger problem. Phil Fontaine, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said that the First Nations people were loosing patience and they were fed up with how slow the negotiations about their issues were going.