Spray-painted swastikas, SS symbols mar Aboriginal Day
By JORGE BARRERA
As dawn was waiting to break on National Aboriginal Day, vandals attacked a Native cultural centre on a West Quebec reserve.
In the dead of night, they covered the centre's beige stucco walls with black spray paint, screaming "white power" alongside swastikas and "SS" symbols.
They overturned picnic tables, ripped down tents and trashed a teepee, leaving Kitigan Zibi, a community about 130 km north of Ottawa, aghast and grappling with its first taste of a hate crime.
"Elders are shocked, saddened, upset and frustrated. The youth are upset and angry, the parents are angry and people are saying, 'Gee, when are we going to move away from this?' " said Anita Tenasco, director of education at the cultural centre.
"The message is so clear. 'White power' on our building as we get ready to celebrate (National Aboriginal Day)."
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