@straphanger@urbanists.social
I take a look at how my old hometown, K'emk'emelΓ‘y (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/
@straphanger@urbanists.social
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