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Category Archives: Wet’suwet’en
My introduction to LANDBACK
One of the main areas of work of my native friends is LANDBACK. Many white people have been learning about the concept of land acknowledgement. Native people say, now that you (white people) have acknowledged whose land you are on, … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, decolonize, Indigenous, LANDBACK, Uncategorized, Unist'ot'en, Wet’suwet’en
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Indigenous Resistance and Decolonization
It is sad during this season that is supposed to be about peace on earth, to know state sanctioned violence continues in the lands called Canada and the United States. I was alarmed early this year when I began to … Continue reading
Mi’kmaw fishing rights
Early this year I began following the news about the Wet’suwet’en peoples and their struggles to prevent the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline from being built on their lands. The situation is complicated because there is a conflict regarding who … Continue reading
This just reminds me of the first time that white people came
I haven’t heard much news from the Wet’suwet’en peoples for a while. As has happened to some extent everywhere, things have slowed down because of the pandemic. One exception are those racing to further rape Mother Earth, to extract fossil … Continue reading
Posted in Gidimt'en Checkpoint, Uncategorized, Wet’suwet’en
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Land Theft, Land Back
As I’ve been learning more about Indigenous peoples, I’ve been trying to formulate what this means for me as a White person living on land that was taken from them. I am looking forward to the series of six webinars, … Continue reading
Haudenosaunee Land Defenders
Recent news from Six Nations Land Defenders. For just under three weeks Haudenosaunee Land Defenders, on their traditional territories, have been occupying a site slated for illegal development. On August 5th Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) enforced an injunction against the … Continue reading
Coastal GasLink Pipeline’s continued destruction
During the past week as I’ve been writing about the webinar series, “Working Toward Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples”, I’ve continued to hear bad news about the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline on the Wet’suwet’en people’s territory. July 14, … Continue reading
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The Tower
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the siege of Kahnasatake, a 78-day standoff between the provincial and federal governments and Mohawks there (Oka). https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/30th-anniversary-of-oka/ Similar militarized actions by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police against the Wet’suwet’en people and their territory … Continue reading
30th Anniversary of Oka
**If Tomorrow is too short notice please organize actions throughout the month of July. The Siege on Kahnasatake lasted 78 days “In 1990, we (Wet’suwet’en community members) held a solidarity blockade, during #Oka. Our youth passed out pamphlets & read them … Continue reading
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Noncompliance order for Coastal GasLink Pipeline
This has been a rough week for pipelines in the United States. Now the Coastal GasLink pipeline has been forced to stop construction near protected wetlands. A victory for the Wet’suwet’en peoples who have been working to protect their territory … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 