Cree representative

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On average, David Cree works for one company for 7 years 1 month. Paquette says the use of the term ‘magic’ to describe traditional beliefs is offensive and believes Rowling represents North American Indigenous peoples as one homogeneous group, rather than take into account their diversity of cultures and practices. According to LinkedIn David Cree started working on 2000, then the employee has changed 2 companies and 2 jobs. If you're going to introduce people to it, why not show the proper respect?' Paquette told Canada’s Radio Active, 'You're going to introduce people to an actual, living, breathing culture that the government tried to destroy and that is being held onto and that is threatened.” 'She's using things that are sacred beliefs and just turning them into a commercial endeavour for herself,” he says, referring to the book’s comparison of ‘skin walkers’ (a Navajo term for people who can turn into animals) and ‘Animagi’ – a shape-shifting group of witches and wizards.

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Children’s author and artist Aaron Paquette of the Cree nation says famed British author JK Rowling is “introducing millions and millions of young readers to this bastardized version of Indigenous culture”.

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