Canadian Association Of Physicians For The Environment Fracking has rapidly spread across the Peace Region of BC over the last two decades, ushering in dramatic changes to the health of its lands, waters and peoples. From March 31 to April 4, 2019, the Canadian Association Of Physicians For The Environment brought residents of Northern BC…
Here is a view of the gorgeous Parrot Lakes where we are building our cabins. We will begin moving the material and supplies to the Parrot Lakes site on Tuesday morning and will be assembling the cabins in the following days. All hands are welcome to come and help!
We’ve now got our Go Fund Me spring construction camp campaign ready to go. Check out the video below to find out more, or click on the link to be taken to our Go Fund Me page. Sovereign Likhts’amisyu Spring Construction Camp The Likhts’amisyu Clan is about to embark on a Spring Construction Camp. We…
APRIL 28, 2019 – MAY 18, 2019 The Likhts’amisyu Clan is about to embark on a Spring Construction Camp. We will be building permanent buildings on our territory in an effort to assert our precolonial rights and jurisdiction on our lands. We will be asking for help from volunteers to assist in fundraising, building a…
On June 13, 2016 the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs interrupted the “Wet’suwet’en Matrilineal Coalition” meeting with Transcanada on Laksilyu territory. This illegitimate collaboration with industry is in opposition to the authority of the hereditary chiefs who oppose pipeline projects. The company called the “Wet’suwet’en Matrilineal Coalition” was created without consultation, in contradiction of the Wet’suwet’en governance…
Canada’s highest court has affirmed that the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have jurisdiction over their 22,000 square kilometres of territory. This video explains Wet’suwet’en governance and why our chiefs oppose pipelines.
Protesters gathered across Canada Tuesday in support of people from a northern B.C. First Nation preventing a pipeline company from accessing their traditional territory. On Monday, RCMP entered the Gidimt’en camp near Houston, B.C., and arrested 14 people.
After the brutal raid by Canadian federal cops on Wet’suwet’en land defenders, stopping a fracked gas pipeline, solidarity actions are under way in over 60 cities around the world.
“In our language, we don’t have a word for rights. We have words for responsibility.” There is a great deal of wisdom here, captured in this short film featuring Toghestiy and Mel Bazil. Filmed on stolen Gixtsan and Wet’suwet’en territories.