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Indigenous roots – Wet’suwet’en and Dakota Access Pipeline
This morning as I listened to the radio interview of Daniel Dixon, an organizer with Wet’suwet’en Solidarity DC, not surprisingly I heard the same concepts that informed what we did in Indianapolis regarding the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. And … Continue reading
Wet’suwet’en Solidarity – DC
I am so happy to see more support for the Wet’suwet’en in the United States: “Wet’suwet’en Solidarity DCThe Facebook group I share my blogs on is “US Support for Wet’suwet’en In this segment, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are … Continue reading
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Indigenous Youth for Wet’suwet’en End Protest at BC Legislature
The province is defending its decision to invite protesters inside the B.C. Legislature for a meeting that resulted in a sit-in and multiple arrests, as supporters of those arrested gathered in front of the building again Thursday morning. Seven members … Continue reading
Increasing Support for Indigenous Youth for Wet’suwet’en
Words by @siiamhamilton “At 6:30 PM on March 4, seven Indigenous youth were invited by Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation to discuss the Wet’suwet’en Struggle. After a number of hours, discussions broke down, and the Indigenous youth … Continue reading
Indigenous Youth Sit In Arrests
Five people have been arrested after a group of Indigenous youth occupied an office in the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday night.The demonstrators, members of the group Indigenous Youth for Wet’suwet’en, live-streamed the entire sit-in on Facebook, including police arriving and … Continue reading
Video of arrest of Indigenous youth for Wet’suwet’en
Sovereign Likhts’amisyu March 5, 2020 4 hrs · “No relationship is more important to our government and to Canada than the one with Indigenous peoples. Today, we reaffirm our government’s commitment to a renewed nation-to-nation relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples, … Continue reading
National Call to Action: Indigenous Youth for Wet’suwet’en
Backgrounder: Thank you for getting involved: Pressure on all levels of the Canadian government as well as Coastal GasLink investors is incredibly timely. Right now RCMP have constructed militarized exclusion zones preventing Wet’suwet’en and invited guests from accessing their unceded … Continue reading
Indigenous Youth for Wetsuweten Occupy and Arrested
350 Canada 13 hrsPeople power is making history. So inspired by the thousands of students across 30+ post secondary institutions from coast to coast to coast who walked off their campuses in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en heredity chiefs and land defenders … Continue reading
Challenge anti-indigenous racism when you see it
“I’m challenging my non Indigenous friends to stand up against racism when you see it.” -Violet Baptiste Leadnow.ca· March 2 · Since the beginning of the Coastal GasLink blockades, Indigenous people have been attacked with racist slurs, trolled with online harassment and threatened … Continue reading
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Arrests on unceded territory, including journalist
The following video and reporting is very disturbing for a number of reasons Gitxsan community members were on their unceded land Article 10 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: Indigenous peoples shall not be forcibly … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, decolonize, Indigenous, Uncategorized, Unist'ot'en, Wet’suwet’en
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 