Squamish Nation ‘displeased’ by West Vancouver council dropping oral land acknowledgements
“It’s a symbolic way to practise reconciliation in a small sense…. It’s also a way to identify that there is a relationship there between us and this government, that there’s an acknowledgement of the truth and the facts,” Khelsilem told Global News on Monday.
In a Nov. 18 letter to Sager, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw called for an immediate “council-to-council” meeting to discuss the impacts of the decision. Thomas said she was “disappointed” and “shocked” to learn about West Vancouver’s decision, which takes both its council and her nation’s council several “steps backwards.”‘They’re our royalty’ — Hundreds march in downtown Vancouver for Indigenous Veterans’ Day
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