On January 15th, 2020, Hereditary Chief Dsahayl encountered CGL security and surveyors from the McElhanney Engineering Company surveying the right of way for the Coastal Gas Link Ltd pipeline company on Likhts’amisyu territory.
Category: Costal Gaslink
Under the supervision of Lihkt’samisyu Chief Dsta’hyl, and following the eviction of Coastal Gaslink from unceded Wet’suwet’en territory, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs granted Coastal Gaslink one-time access to Dark House yintah to winterize Site 9A.
In our traditional system, we make decisions as a clan, and we do so considering the impact to our whole community, the yintah (land), water, our four legged friends, the future generations, our ancestors – and the world as a whole.
On Thursday September 26, Chief Dsta’hyl of the Likht’samisyu Clan was blocked by Coastal Gaslink’s private security as he attempted to enter a community meeting…