Culture of a Mutt

By Kim Siever, 22 Feb 2007

How does a third generation German-Canadian celebrate culture? What sort of culture does a non-Francophone, non-Catholic umpteen generation French-Canadian have? How does a Canadian with Dutch and English new-world lines dating back centuries recognise his culture? How does a Canadian with Cree ancestry that has been hidden for decades find culture? How does a Canadian with a Scottish heritage diluted by generations of French ancestry give allegiance to the Highlands? What of the same Canadian who has a diluted Spanish ancestry; how does he nod to the Basque? Does a third generation Czech-Canadian have a culture?

What if one Canadian was all of that? What sort of culture does a Cree-Czech-Dutch-English-French-German-Spanish-Canadian have? And how does he find it?

How do you instill the importance of tradition and culture to your children when you have no inkling regarding what is your own culture?

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