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Red River Echoes members stuck 300 posters around the neighbourhood, calling for the name of Gen. Garnet Wolseley be dropped from local streets and institutions.
Wolseley played a role in the violent 1870 overthrow of Louis Riel’s provisional government at the Red River Colony.
“It’s a continuous struggle to be able to reconcile with the fact that you’re living in a neighbourhood that has been named after someone who attempted to eradicate your kin,” said Chantale Garand, who is part of the group.
The posters say Wolseley “personally incited racism, violence, murder and displacement” and oversaw troops who raped and killed Indigenous people. It notes he was part of British colonial invasions in which atrocities took place, on numerous continents.
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Reference – https://www.thestar.com/winnipeg/2021/07/06/grassroots-group-pushes-for-wolseley-name-change.html