Yeah that’s insane, throw you in an eagle prison and mock your culture at the same time.
let me know when some meaningful change actually takes place.
It's not a mockery of the culture necessarily, it was built with input from the community, but the situation itself is silly
"Hey, I know we relentlessly target you while denying we do, but we built this in our prison for you
It won an award!"
Yah you guys are just totally wrong on this.
The entire point of the building is part of a broader effort to address the historic and systemic issues Canadian indigenous Canadians face.
Part of that is past attempts of the Canadian governments to erase and disconnect indigenous people and families from their culture and that disconnection lead to a cycle of poverty, violence and crime.
Residential schools and prisons were a big part of this in historically in Canada. children were stolen from families given new names, barred from speaking language or doing any cultural practices in a deliberate attempt at cultural genocide.
So as a result there is a legal framework that was developed in Canada for addressing this. Judges, and the criminal justice HAVE TO take into account colonialism, and find ways to address it when sentencing prisoners and designing prison programs.
So I can understand how it can sound stupid "lol Canadian Goverment makes eagle shaped prison"
but that a silly caricature. The reality is the Canadian government is attempting to adress the history of attempting to separate indigenous Canadians from their culture. in prison
and instead actually trying to REHABILITATE prisoners and RECONNECT them to their culture, through indigenous led programs and initiatives. and as a bonus the design of the building will also be part of that process, featuring indigenous art, architechture and design.
my mom worked in the Canadian governments with some indigenous groups (not this tribe), there is no way this was conceived of without input from indigenous leaders. in fact id bet it was led by indigenous leaders.
So what is wrong with have and entire building dedicated to indigenous rehabilitation programs in a building, that reflects and helps reconnect them to their culture?
yall know me I hate symbolic activism, I think tbh Canada's attitude to a lot of this stuff is dumb and bad.
but this is not one of them, it might sound silly to you but its an act of reconciliation especially given Canadas history of using prisons as a way to erase indigenous culture.
. I missed when you would just troll the Lakers all day. 
