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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2022
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Unceded Wet’suwet’en Yintah (Smithers - BC) –
Gidimt’en Checkpoint response to NDP Attorney General issuing criminal charges to four additional land defenders
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July 7, 2022
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Unceded Wet’suwet’en Yintah (Smithers - BC) –
Gidimt’en Checkpoint response to NDP Attorney General issuing criminal charges to four additional land defenders
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2/Today, under the leadership of NDP Attorney General David Eby, the crown prosecutor criminally charged four land defenders, including Gidimt'en spokesperson Sleydo' Molly Wickham, for breach of an injunction granted to Coastal Gas Link (CGL).
3/The injunction restrains land defenders from accessing their unceded territory.
The Crown declined to charge six others with criminal counts. In court, the Crown acknowledged the RCMP had not properly read the injunction to those present on site...
The Crown declined to charge six others with criminal counts. In court, the Crown acknowledged the RCMP had not properly read the injunction to those present on site...
1/ Today, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, we want to bring everyone’s attention to the yintah. On a day when many politicians will be out showing their faces at events meant to celebrate our culture they only subscribe to when it serves them.
2/ They do not want to acknowledge and follow the laws of our land. Laws that have been in place since time immemorial. Laws that restrict their access to our territories and resources. No, they just want to see us dance and sing and go home quietly.
3/ The destruction of Wet’suwet’en yintah and the imminent threat to Wedzin Kwa is not what they want to discuss. But this is our reality. One year after the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act became LAW we are still fighting.
🤔😳😖Confused about @RBC's role in Canada's violent colonial extractivism?
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That's ➡️exactly⬅️how RBC CEO Dave McKay wants you to feel.
Here's a clarifying primer from our friends @decolonialsol 💚in support of @Gidimten
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it’s been nearly 3 months since i was arrested at gunpoint on Wet’suwet’en Yintah, and i’ve been following a lot of the news coming out about recent events on the territory 1/
it’s very telling how so many politicians are denouncing the events that have taken place, and how silent they all were when our human rights and rights as Indigenous peoples were violated in late november 2/
it’s also disgusting that people view this damage of property and machines as violence, and not the total destruction of our territories, our rivers, and our salmon as the most genocidal and violent act that’s taking place here. 3/
In the wake of what appears to have been an impeccably coordinated attack on #CGL equipment two nights ago, liberal proponents of nonviolence have begun to cast doubt on the motives of the attack and to suggest that it was a false flag attack carried out by the RCMP. (1)
To be clear, we don't know the identity of the attackers and we don't want to. We express our unwavering solidarity with #Wetsuweten land defenders & their supporters who may face increased levels of state repression in the days & weeks ahead. We wish them unity & strength. (2)
The proposed pipeline corridors that run through the unceded territories of the Wet'suwet'en, Gitxsan, Secwepemc, & other Indigenous communities of so-called BC are some of the most important front-lines of the #ClimateCrisis in the world. The stakes are incredibly high. (3)
BREAKING – RCMP INVASION EXPECTED ON WET’SUWET’EN TERRITORY
#ShutDownCanada
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
#WetsuwetenStrong
For the fourth time in four years, we have received information that dozens of militarized RCMP are en route to Wet’suwet’en territory…
#ShutDownCanada
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
#WetsuwetenStrong
For the fourth time in four years, we have received information that dozens of militarized RCMP are en route to Wet’suwet’en territory…
to facilitate construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline and to steal our unceded lands at gunpoint. We continue to hold the drill pad site, where Coastal Gaslink plans to tunnel beneath our pristine and sacred headwaters.
Two charter planes from Nanaimo have touched down in the town of Smithers on unceded Cas Yikh territory. RCMP have booked up local hotels for the next month…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Wet'suwet'en Evict Coastal Gaslink From Drill Site; Re-Establish Coyote Camp
Dec 20, 2021 - Unceded Gidimt'en Territory, Smithers (BC):
Gidimt'en land defenders and supporters have once again evicted CGL workers from a key pipeline drill site... (cont'd)
Dec 20, 2021 - Unceded Gidimt'en Territory, Smithers (BC):
Gidimt'en land defenders and supporters have once again evicted CGL workers from a key pipeline drill site... (cont'd)
...protecting Wet'suwet'en headwaters and re-occupying the area known as "Coyote Camp".
Early Sunday, in observance of Wet'suwet'en law, land defenders enforced the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs' 2020 Eviction Notice to Coastal Gaslink, removing pipeline workers and...
Early Sunday, in observance of Wet'suwet'en law, land defenders enforced the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs' 2020 Eviction Notice to Coastal Gaslink, removing pipeline workers and...
..re-establishing the blockade that ended on Nov 19th after two days of militarized police raids.
The eviction took place one month after RCMP made 30 arrests on Wet'suwet'en yintah, marking the third large-scale militarized operation on unceded Wet'suwet'en land since 2019.
The eviction took place one month after RCMP made 30 arrests on Wet'suwet'en yintah, marking the third large-scale militarized operation on unceded Wet'suwet'en land since 2019.
🔥 COYOTE CAMP LIVES! 🔥 Nov 19 2021: #Gidimten land defenders evicted #CGL workers and re-established control of #CoyoteCamp, the site where CGL plans to drill beneath #Wetsuweten headwaters, #WedzinKwa. Join the #WetsuwetenResistance yintahaccess.com
Early Sunday, Gidimt'en land defenders evicted Coastal GasLink workers & re-established control of Coyote Camp, the site where CGL plans to drill beneath Wedzin Kwa. Join the #WetsuwetenResistance #DivestCGL
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ExpectUs
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ExpectUs
Nov 19, 2021, Gidimt'en land defenders evicted Coastal GasLink workers & re-established control of Coyote Camp, the site where CGL plans to drill beneath Wedzin Kwa. Join the #WetsuwetenResistance #DivestCGL
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ExpectUs
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ExpectUs
BREAKING - Gidimt'en Clan Evicts CGL from Drill Site; Re-Occupies Coyote Camp
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Early Sunday, Gidimt'en land defenders evicted Coastal Gaslink workers and re-established control of Coyote Camp, the site where Coastal Gaslink plans to drill beneath Wet'suwet'en headwaters.
This courageous action took place one month after a wave of militarized raids on Gidimt'en land, where police with assault weapons, dogs, and sniper rifles arrested 30 people, including land defenders, journalists, and legal observers.
On December 16, 2021, Dinï ze’ Woos of Cas Yikh, Gidimt’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en nation confronted one of Coastal Gaslink’s international investors the National Australia Bank (NAB) at their Annual General Meeting. #WetsuwetenStrong
He confronted NAB about their investment in Indigenous Rights. Coastal GasLink has not gained free, prior and informed consent.
Listen to their response.
Listen to their response.
Banks are not taking responsibility for their involvement in land theft and illegal projects like Coastal GasLink, that continue to enact colonial violence against Indigenous people with no intention of stopping.
Sleydo’ Molly Wickham confronts NAB about its lending to the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline
Sleydo’ Molly Wickham a spokesperson for Gidimt’en checkpoint on Wet'suwet'en territory speaks about her experience of being violently arrested and removed at gunpoint on Nov 19 from her own territory at Coastal Gaslink's request, a project that NAB has provided funding for.
She asks NAB '"Are you willing to take accountability for that in the face of your commitment to UNDRIP and your commitment to human rights as a national bank?"
Read our full 2021 Recap of Events on Wet'suwet'en Territory 🔥 Resistance to colonial Canada and genocidal CGL on Cas Yikh Gidimt’en Territory continues. We are still here.
Join the #WetsuwetenResistance
Take Action Dec 20-27 #DivestCGL #ShutDownCanada
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Join the #WetsuwetenResistance
Take Action Dec 20-27 #DivestCGL #ShutDownCanada
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We call on all nations, allies, accomplices, and supporters everywhere to RISE UP in solidarity. We are in this fight for the long haul and we will not back down. This pipeline will never be built. Join the WET'SUWET'EN RESISTANCE! #wetsuwetenresistance
@iamjayohcee Wet’suwet’en land defenders enforced eviction of Coastal GasLink by blocking roads into the territory. NOV 14-17, 2021. 🔥 Join the WET'SUWET'EN RESISTANCE! #wetsuwetenresistance #DivestCGL
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ExpectUs
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ExpectUs
Wet'suwet'en say no pipelines!
Wet'suwet'en individuals collaborated on making this compilation video of testimonials stating their support of the actions to protect Wedzin Bin and to state their solidarity with the Cas Yikh of the Gitdimt'en.
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Wet'suwet'en individuals collaborated on making this compilation video of testimonials stating their support of the actions to protect Wedzin Bin and to state their solidarity with the Cas Yikh of the Gitdimt'en.
fb.watch/9xziPxFO8i/
We are so grateful for those who stand unified with the decisions of our dinï ze’ and tsakë ze’ who made a formal declaration in our bahlats multiple times.
This declaration has already resulted in the defeat of the Enbridge bitumen pipeline and WILL result in the defeat of fracked gas pipelines in our yintah as well.
Please note the views expressed here belong to individuals.
Please note the views expressed here belong to individuals.
After a long day in court 10 Land Defenders and supporters arrested on Gidimt’en territory, including Sleydo’ and Jocelyn, remain in custody in so-called Prince George.
Court has been adjourned and will resume at 9am tomorrow.
Court has been adjourned and will resume at 9am tomorrow.
Cody Merriman was released with conditions to reappear in court on Feb 14th, and to not return to the RCMP/CGL "exclusion area" except to travel through it to his residence.
Faced with this colonial conditional release, the decision was made to sign in order to take care of he and Sleydo's young children - and not in recognition of any wrong doing.
There are 3 militarized struggles over pipelines unfolding in CAN/US: #CGL, #TMX, #Line3 - all led by Indigenous women. This work is critical to upholding Indigenous law, but also literally saving the planet. Massive legal fees are mounting with arrests. Pls support. Links below.
From @Gidimten: Thanks to a group of matching donors, the first $6,000 today will be matched, so pls donate & share.
go.rallyup.com/wetsuwetenstro…
#WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ShutDownCanada #FreeThemAll #FreeSleydo
go.rallyup.com/wetsuwetenstro…
#WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa #ShutDownCanada #FreeThemAll #FreeSleydo
#TinyHouseWarriors have $50k in legal defense funds they must raise and are currently surrounded by tanks in Secwepemc territory for fighting Canada's pipeline to save their waters and lands: give what you can here - tinyhousewarriors.com/2021/09/legal-…
CODY MERRIMAN (Haida nation) ARRESTED
On the morning of November 19, heavily armed RCMP officers conducted an invasion on Coyote Camp, where Gitimdt’en spokesperson Sleydo was arrested. (1/4)
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa
On the morning of November 19, heavily armed RCMP officers conducted an invasion on Coyote Camp, where Gitimdt’en spokesperson Sleydo was arrested. (1/4)
#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa
Shortly before 3pm, a large caravan of RCMP agents and multiple k9 units returned from Coyote Camp and arrested Sleydo’s husband, Cody, who was documenting the illegal entry of the RCMP on Woos’ Territory from the side of the road.
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Inspector Ken Floyd, of the RCMP E Division, claimed that Merriman was blockading the roadway and preventing Coast GasLink from conducting their operations, therefore in breach of the BC Supreme Court injunction.
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1/3 The thing I haven’t seen NDP partisans take accountability for the fact that the conflict on Wet’suwet’en territory is not an unfortunate and unavoidable circumstance that exists organically and is very difficult to solve.
It’s a conflict the NDP created.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
It’s a conflict the NDP created.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
2/3 The pipeline being forced through #Wetsuweten land would not be happening without permits granted and massive subsidies to the industry given by the NDP.
The NDP didn’t just not say no to the pipeline, they invested in it.
#WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa
The NDP didn’t just not say no to the pipeline, they invested in it.
#WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa
3/3 Elders arrested on their own land, assault rifles pointed at women, jailed journalists — these are some of the ugly things this country is built on. This is Canada.
But it’s also the NDP right now.
The injustice on #Wetsuweten territory is red + white, and it’s orange too.
But it’s also the NDP right now.
The injustice on #Wetsuweten territory is red + white, and it’s orange too.
"CONTENT WARNING: POLICE VIOLENCE.
Violent RCMP Raid on Unarmed Gidimt'en Checkpoint
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
Violent RCMP Raid on Unarmed Gidimt'en Checkpoint
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
On November 18th, dozens of heavily armed RCMP officers raided the Gidimt'en Checkpoint at the 44 km marker on the Morice Forest Service Road.
Wet'suwet'en land defenders and their supporters have been controlling access to this road to stop Coastal Gaslink from drilling under Wedzin Kwa, their sacred headwaters.
URGENT UPDATE - Dozens of RCMP have deployed onto Wet'suwet'en territory
A charter plane full of RCMP have landed at the Smithers airport, with between 30 and 50 officers equipped with camo duffel bags.
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A charter plane full of RCMP have landed at the Smithers airport, with between 30 and 50 officers equipped with camo duffel bags.
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Police loaded onto two buses and unmarked, rental pick-up trucks and headed out towards the yintah. An RCMP helicopter is reported to be heading to the area.
Throughout today, helicopters have circled over our camps, conducting low, deliberate flights for surveillance.
Throughout today, helicopters have circled over our camps, conducting low, deliberate flights for surveillance.
The road into our yintah remains blocked by RCMP at 28km, with hereditary chiefs, food, and medical supplies being turned away.
1/UPDATE - RCMP Are Blocking Food And Medical Supplies From Wet'suwet'en Homes
The RCMP are openly violating the human rights of the Wet'suwet'en people again.
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#RCMPofftheYintah
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
#WetsuwetenStrong
The RCMP are openly violating the human rights of the Wet'suwet'en people again.
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#RCMPofftheYintah
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
#WetsuwetenStrong
2/Today, the driver of a vehicle carrying food and medical supplies was blocked by an arbitrary illegal police exclusion zone and threatened with arrest.
3/There are multiple Wet'suwet'en home sites beyond the police road block and many permanent full time Wet'suwet'en residents on the territory, including elders, children, and chiefs.
Thread - BC seems like one big (climate) disaster rn: TMX, CGL, LNG, Site C, Fairy Creek, violent incursions on FNs, mass violent arrest of people doing civil disobedience, mismanaged pandemic...
mismanaged heat dome and premier taking vacation and minimizing hundreds of deaths, and now a mismanaged floodstorm (they didn't even warn people to stay home/off the roads) ....
Economically truck and train from port has been cut off from rest of country…we don’t know the humanitarian impact yet but it’s bound to impact First Nations and rural communities hardest…at least the #TMXpipeline will face more delays as we build pressure on government
WET’SUWET’EN people are once again in control of Wet’suwet’en yintah! Dinï ze’ Woos asserts jurisdiction by enforcing our laws with the 2021 Evacuation Order. The Morice River FSR has been disabled, blocking trespassers from our yintah!
CGL was given 8 hours to evacuate their worksites and after asking for an extension of two hours to get their workers out safely, CGL chose to keep their workers in the territory. They blockaded the road with trucks and heavy machinery on a bridge near what is known as Camp 9A.
Community members and supporters gathered at the 39km marker today and everyone on the yintah is safe and secure, effectively stopping all work within Cas Yikh territory!
This is what real Nation to Nation looks like, Haudenosaunee and Wet'suwet'en family standing together against the colonial violence and corporate greed that threatens the safety and well-being of future generations.
The Wet'suwet'en have called on their Allies across Turtle Island to stand with them. They need boots on the ground, people in the streets, folks amplifying on social media, wherever you are, whatever you can do can make a difference.
Forcing Indigenous People from their lands is an act of genocide. When we stand together, we can fight back against the violence Canada brings to our homelands at the end of a barrel.
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council restated their support for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs on the West coast.
Across Turtle Island, Onkwehonwe have faced generations of colonial genocide perpetuated against our nations.
Across Turtle Island, Onkwehonwe have faced generations of colonial genocide perpetuated against our nations.
Our families have stood together in solidarity to protect our lands, waters and cultures, unity has been the strength of our success.
I'm proud to stand alongside my family to uphold our hereditary and inherent right to care for plants, animals, lands and waters in the ways that have been passed down to us for generations.
