Marpole residents have offered their support to the Musqueam people after a recent incident of vandalism at cesnam village.
Last week someone slashed a banner surrounding the culturally important site in South Vancouver near the ramp to the Arthur Laing Bridge. On the tattered banner they wrote “this land was made for you and me.”
Wade Grant, a member of the Musqueam Nation, shared his frustration on Twitter.
“I guess some people are not too happy that we are protecting what’s left of our history,” he said. “Racism still exists in Vancouver.”
This happened today at cesnam, a Musqueam village site that is thousands of years old. I guess some people are not too happy that we are protecting what’s left of our history. Racism still exists in Vancouver. #vanpoli#bcpoli@MelissaDeGenova@kennedystewart@LisaDominatopic.twitter.com/iPH4ODfkgV