First Nation wants flag back in protest at Nanaimo City Hall – Times Colonist
September 15, 2017
Members of the Snuneymuxw First Nation government want their flag back.
They will be at Nanaimo City Hall at noon today to retrieve the Snuneymuxw flag that has been flying above city hall for more than two years. The move is being taken to protest the treatment of Tracy Samra, Nanaimo’s city manager.
“We cannot sit idly by in the face of violence against an Indigenous woman — we are compelled to rise to speak out against this,” said Snuneymuxw Chief John Wesley.
The First Nation’s chief and council unanimously passed a resolution in August to take back the flag, which the Snuneymuxw gave to the city on National Aboriginal Day, June 21, 2015.
