Dig, Treaty People, Dig!

It’s quite ironic, really. While no one could be bothered to dig up an alleged murder scene in Kamloops,  Lytton, BC homeowners wanting to rebuild after the wildfire need to wait until all the ancient pottery is exhumed. Not only that, but they have to foot the bill.

Village Mayor Denise O’Connor — whose own house was destroyed in the June 2021 wildfire — said homeowners are getting individual quotes for archeological work that range from $26,000 to $48,000 to much higher, making the work prohibitive.

The archeological digs are made necessary by the village’s location on a historic Indigenous site, as per B.C.’s Heritage Conservation Act (HCA).

6 Replies to “Dig, Treaty People, Dig!”

  1. This is the expected and very predictable result of communist politicians who call themselves socialists kowtowing to the f%^&$#@! UN!
    Reconciliation has gone the way critics said, now the Indians are a special breed in this country and we will eventually be the serfs and they the aristocracy.

    The poor folks of Lytton are royally screwed, if any of them can,they should leave asap. It isn’t going to get better.

  2. These ‘examinations’ have been required elsewhere in BC for quite some time.
    Recent area sewer works took a week to do, and three weeks employment for several people
    ‘sifting’ excavated fill.

    Beyond the cost of sifting soil for broken tomahawk remnants, there’s the additional cost to home builders of the bridging funds necessary to buy the land, attain permissions, and finish building to occupancy permit / mortgage requirements.

    ‘Much higher’ costs mentioned in the article above refers to the poor souls whose required property digs yield any evidence of pre-colonial garbage dumps.
    Our home on native land indeed.

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