![Elder Claudette Commanda performs a land acknowledgement and speech to mark the start of the protest in honour of Abdirahman Abdi who died during an altercation between Abdi and an officer from the Ottawa Police Service [Photo by Spencer Colby/The Charlatan]](https://charlatan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/059_JusticeforAbdi_2020-10-24-324x160.jpg "‘Lip service’: The need for Indigenous-led language revitalization")
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