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Letter: Richmond lives cultural karma

Dear Editor, Re: “People of the eel grass,” News, June 17 Your excellent article reminded me that what wealthy foreign investors are now doing to our community we once did to the Aboriginal people, who had lived here for hundreds of years before we a
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Ahead of National Aboriginal Day on Saturday, the News looks at Richmond's Aboriginal history and present day efforts to rebuild a proud community

Dear Editor,

Re: “People of the eel grass,” News, June 17

Your excellent article reminded me that what wealthy foreign investors are now doing to our community we once did to the Aboriginal people, who had lived here for hundreds of years before we arrived — expropriated and “developed” their ancestral lands and overwhelmed their culture.

What goes around comes around, eh?

Ray Arnold

Richmond