If I lived in a town named after a guy who:
- helped create the residential school system
- helped create the legislation that banned potlatches
- illegally sold up to 2,778 acres of land that included an ancestral and then-inhabited village site
I'd want it to be changed.
But what do I know? 🤷🏼
@thetyee.caSeven people related to Israel Wood Powell, B.C.’s first superintendent of Indian affairs, have written to Powell River city council in support of the city’s possible name change.
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Change Powell River’s Name, Say Namesake’s Relatives | The Tyee
‘We are supportive,’ says a letter sent to council and The Tyee acknowledging colonial harms.