Banners spotted in Amiskwaciwâskahikan on the Kâhasinîskâk Pedestrian Bridge (slides 1, 2) & Anas Al-Sharif Bridge (3, 4).
About 500 meters away in 2020, Camp Pekiwewin, led by a collective of Indigenous community members & Frontline Workers was launched. They reclaimed the land, providing food, water, shelter, & care for the local community. Camp Pekiwewin stood strong for 112 days, before being violently & brutally swept by both EPS & the City of Edmonton.
6 years later, EPS & so called "Peace Officers" continue their violent encampment sweeps, engaging in a brutal campaign of Neocolonialism & Gentrification against the original inabitants of the land they claim to "Protect & Serve". This is not about community safety, rather a campaign of Ethnic Cleansing, targeting our unhoused Indigenous community members on a daily basis.
Less than 150 meters away, Epcor continues to operate on stolen land, quite literally built on top a Traditional Indigenous Burial Ground.
To this day, Ep...
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