Eileen Ramirez says she sees the Queen’s death as a huge loss to her family, but she’s not mourning her as a monarch.
Eileen Ramirez says she will not be observing the National Day of Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday.“On the day of her funeral, I will proudly wear my orange shirt,” says the Cowichan Tribes member, who has been busy preparing her food truck, Don’t Bannock Food Concession, for events around the Island marking National Truth and Reconciliation Day on Sept. 30.
The Queen may not have been involved with the institutions where Indigenous children faced disease, abuse and death — just like she did not personally set up colonial regimes in Africa, Asia and North America, or develop the policy that led to India’s partition. But for some — including Ramirez — the Queen, as Britain’s head of state, is a symbol of those actions and their lasting impacts.
It’s just one story of the death, division and destruction left by British Imperialism, some of which occurred during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, Sahota says. “She’s had plenty of opportunities, but here she is, actively doubling down on historic crimes and ignoring them and refusing to do what’s right,” he says, adding the attitude extends to the money, artifacts and cultural items taken by the monarchy throughout its history.
“The building of empire in the name of the Crown has been at the expense of Indigenous people,” she says. “The quality of life we experience every day as Indigenous people is because of that expansion of empire.
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