The Pte. Alexander Watson statue, perceived as a symbol of the federal government’s crushing of Indigenous Peoples in an 1885 action, is set to come down soon.
, Ont., city hall for more than a century will soon be gone after councillors voted in favour of taking it down.
“The battle this statue stands in memorial of represents a government subjugating a race of people who were standing up for their rights,” Siscoe told councillors prior to the vote Monday.“The North-West Resistance epitomizes the anger of Indigenous Peoples over stolen lands and broken treaties and erased the treaties.”
NRNC co-executive director Jessica Riel-Johns pleaded with councillors to “move forward to reconciliation” and remove the monument, insisting it doesn’t make her feel like a member of the community.“I know what role my ancestry has to play in my history…. It is a trigger for me.” Ward 5 Coun. Dawn Dodge said despite questions around whether the piece represented an actual person, she submitted it does represent other people who went to war and died.
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