Squamish Nation signs services agreement with Vancouver for Kitsilano development – Global News

May 26, 2022

Reclaiming her family’s land at the south foot of the Burrard Bridge is a homecoming of sorts for Squamish Nation elder Syexwáliya Ann Whonnock.

Her great grandfather Shinnullsutt and great grandmother lived on the site before 1913 when the government shipped the villagers to the North Shore on a barge, and burned their homes so Vancouver could expand.

“It’s something really meaningful to us,” she told Global News. “Really grateful and happy that we can come back … and be able to take care of my grandchildren and their unborn children.”

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