Not being a settler colony doesn’t automatically mean you’re monocultural.
In my experience, Italians are acutely and constantly aware of their regional differences and their regional language. They often switch between local language and standard Italian in their day to day life. Even more so than Germans.
Of course, there are those who believe they’re monocultural. But that’s the same in the US, you have people who say to every non-white person:“go home to your own country.”
You are First Nation, so you’re aware of the peoples that have been there. But the average American (Canadians probably less so) thinks about Native Americans zero times in a year. (This is a hypothesis)
I think you’re wrong on this one.
Not being a settler colony doesn’t automatically mean you’re monocultural.
In my experience, Italians are acutely and constantly aware of their regional differences and their regional language. They often switch between local language and standard Italian in their day to day life. Even more so than Germans.
Of course, there are those who believe they’re monocultural. But that’s the same in the US, you have people who say to every non-white person:“go home to your own country.”
You are First Nation, so you’re aware of the peoples that have been there. But the average American (Canadians probably less so) thinks about Native Americans zero times in a year. (This is a hypothesis)