Land Back Camp is a peaceful Indigenous occupation which sidelines as a ceremonial meeting space. The toxic effects of colonization with residential schools forcing assimilation are still evident with drug abuse, poverty, suicides, missing and murdered Indigenous women, disproportionate representation in the criminal justice system and lifelong scarring from trauma and abuse. With our government breaking treaty promises to putting in pipelines through First Nations land, Truth and Reconciliation is not being followed and the only small change we have seen is land acknowledgements in schools and at the beginning of meetings. In Kitchener, Waterloo, in Victoria Park Indigenous activists such as Amy Smoke, Terre Chartrand, and Shawn Johnston have been taking a stand to exercise their treaty rights and retake a small piece of traditional meeting grounds. Shawn Johnston, Amy Smoke, & Terre Chartrand all being two-spirit; Amy discusses the incredible youth who showed up to help and participate who mostly identify as two spirit, queer, non-binary, & trans looking for safe spaces to reclaim their culture. Photo Erik O'Neill Cover Art Tania Willems https://www.landbackcamp.com/