Thread | Brutkey

Over 120 years ago, some of the original inhabitants of #Vancouver were put on a barge by settlers + set adrift in English Bay.

Their village, which was called Sen̓áḵw, was then burned down.

Today, 3 towers are rising at the site of that village.

The development, called Sen̓áḵw, is being built...

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...by the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation, the same people whose village was burned in 1913.

It's just one of several projects that will provide schools, community centers, and transit-connected, affordable rentals to Vancouver.

Until now, hyper-NIMBYism...

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...has made the city into a time capsule of out-of-reach single-family homes. (Like much of San Francisco.)

Next to come will be The Jericho Lands...

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...where the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ will turn a former army base into a high-rise community, likely to be connected to the SkyTrain network along the Broadway Subway, for 24,000 people.

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I take a look at how my old hometown, K'emk'emeláy (aka #Vancouver), built on stolen land, is about to be changed for the better by the people dispossessed by railways and settlers.

So, chuck away the ol' boomer-era Chief Dan George tropes (as great as that man was!) It's time to make way for Indigenous Urbanism:

https://www.highspeed.blog/the-future-of-cities-is-indigenous/

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Also, be sure to have a listen to Angela Sterritt's amazing Land Back podcast for the deep background to this story:

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1341-landback/episode/15952788-e5-a-village-burned?ref=highspeed.blog