Funny thing, when they do that along the St Lawrence they are usually acknowledging the people [the Mohawks of the Iroquois League who slaughtered the inhabitants at first contact the St. Lawrence Iroquoians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_Iroquoians. So huzzah for genocide. Ditto for lands occupied bu the Erie and the Neutrals who were also exterminated by the Iroquois league during the Beaver Wars.I had a conversation with a recruiter yesterday.
She started the conversation introducing herself and giving me a long land acknowledgement - "i am a settler and I acknowledge this land belongs to blah blah".![]()
Also imagine the fire storm and screams of racism is they started doing this in Germany or the UK. It would be considered as an affront on immigrants as it should be.
As for as I am concerned settler is no different from dropping the N bomb.
Worst thing, if you were to try to explain that they are being racist, ignorant of history and glorifying genocide you would either get blank stares or be accused of being a racist.