![]() Reoccupation demonstrated that Parliament Hill, which for Canadians is the symbol and locus of crown sovereignty, is also situated on unceded Algonquin territory, the very land that is coextensive with the Algonquin nation. ![]() Drawing on a long tradition of Indigenous political thought and philosophy that places land at the centre of Indigenous modes of life, Reoccupation challenged settled-meaning both ‘seemingly beyond debate’ and ‘of settler society’-notions of place and land. ![]() The ceremonial tipi was initially raised on Wellington Street near Parliament Hill, but after negotiations, it was moved to the northwest corner of the Canada 150 event space. In the days leading up to Canada 150 celebrations, a cadre of students from Carleton University, a group of Bawating water protectors, and their allies marched to Parliament Hill and erected a ceremonial tipi as an act of reoccupying Indigenous land, specifically the unceded territory of the Algonquin nation. ![]()
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