PhoenixSerenity<p>People are very tied to their language and don’t like change, especially when it <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/challenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>challenges</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> . In <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Winnipeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winnipeg</span></a> , Bishop Grandin, a symbol of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> power, is being <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/replaced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>replaced</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/historically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historically</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/oppressed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppressed</span></a> : <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Cree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cree</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ojibwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibwe</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/M%C3%A9tis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Métis</span></a> . While this is precisely the point behind the change, it may make those uncertain about changing power structures uncomfortable.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/amp/winnipeg-proposes-new-indigenous-street-names-but-whats-behind-claims-theyre-too-hard-to-pronounce-201523" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/amp/winnip</span><span class="invisible">eg-proposes-new-indigenous-street-names-but-whats-behind-claims-theyre-too-hard-to-pronounce-201523</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/renaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reclaiming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reclaiming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a></p>