How she personally treated Princess Diana is a much more popular idea to ponder in the mainstream - even in this moment of international grief - compared to, say, how many Indigenous peoples and nations were destroyed as a direct result of actions of the British Crown. While some people view these reflections as inappropriate given her very recent passing, Indigenous peoples, Africans and others are widely saying that that is precisely the point : She represented an ongoing colonizing force that many blindly and faithfully pledge allegiance to - without ever wanting to examine the negatives behind that same colonizing force and all of the deep, dark policy and transgressions toward Indigenous peoples and others that helped lead to its seemingly everlasting power, prestige and riches. Indigenous peoples worldwide are using the death of Queen Elizabeth II to remind everyone that her own monarchy and many others throughout history have been devastating for Natives of most regions of the globe. Statues of Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria were toppled in 2021 as part of protests against the Canadian government’s treatment of Indigenous peoples in residential institutions.
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