Indigenous names

It’s time to use Indigenous names for places

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer and Olivia Visser, Copy Editor  Content warning: mentions of colonial genocide. Respecting Indigenous place names is not a matter of Canada’s reputation. It’s an absolutely necessary component of decolonization. Today, so-called Canada resides on unceded, traditional territories of over 634 First Nations. Unceded, traditional territories means these lands were never surrendered or handed over to either the provincial or federal governments, but rather stolen. Many geographical locations in Canada have traditional names extending back thousands of years. Recognizing and actively using these names is a fundamental step in confronting centuries of colonial language and cultural…

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