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Wet’suwet’en and the Law
The law related to the current situation of the Wet’suwet’en people’s opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline is complicated. Often at issue is whose law applies. I hope some of the excerpts below are helpful. At the end is part … Continue reading
Indigenous Youth have re occupied the BC Legislature
It seems now that talks between the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the provincial and federal government will happen, after earlier reports that they would not. Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and ministers from the B.C. and federal governments are scheduled to meet … Continue reading
Our Last Best Hope
We have arrived at a moment of truth. The enclosure of the commons, and the rise of industrialization and capitalism fueled the subjugation of peoples and lands. Will we finally act on the certain knowledge that continuing to extract and … Continue reading
BREAKING: Indigenous Youth Locked Down at BC Parliament
Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Victoria Reoccupation of the BC legislature now 2.24.2020 The Indigenous Youth for Wet’suwet’en are currently re-occupying the legislature steps. Arrests have been threatened by police and urgent support is needed. Please come down ASAP and follow their protocols. … Continue reading
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Indigenous Youth Continue to Lead
Unist’ot’en Camp Today at 6:10 PM · Indigenous Youth Voices: Violence Won’t Break Us. Indigenous youth who have stood on the Wet’suwet’en front lines offer this message of solidarity for the Mohawks of Tyendinaga, and for people standing up across Turtle Island. … Continue reading
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Raid Tyendinaga This Morning
“Our hearts are heavy as they were when we were arrested and removed off our lands. This message to Canada: what will you do at this moment when violence continues against our people for trying to protect our lands from … Continue reading
A sorrow remembrance
As the eyes of the world are on the Wet’suwet’en people and their territory, we are reminded that three years ago today, on Feb. 22, 2017, North Dakota ordered the evacuation of the main #NoDAPL camp. Right now, there are … Continue reading
Major Updates: Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Meet With Mohawks of Tyendinaga, Set Conditions for Nation-to-Nation Talks February 21, 2020 Tyendinaga – Today, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs met with the Mohawk People of Tyendinaga at the Council House in Tyendinaga to … Continue reading
Needed: Show Your Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
There are several important things to consider when you are thinking about being in solidarity with people who are being impacted by something that doesn’t directly affect you. (Of course anything that affects Mother Earth, such as the Coastal GasLink … Continue reading
Complicity of the Privileged
Every once in a while I’ll read, hear or observe something that crystallizes an idea or concern I’ve been praying and/or thinking about for a long time, sometimes decades. That’s what happened when I read about the complicity of the … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 