We are gathering on December 10 at 800 Smythe at 9:30 am in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en Clan. They will be at the Supreme Court in Prince George, BC to defend themselves from Coastal GasLink, TransCanada - on International Human Rights Day!
The Unist’ot’en Clan is facing criminalization of their right to live and use their land, a right protected by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Inidgenous Peoples.
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. has applied for an injunction, as well as serving notice of a civil lawsuit claiming financial damages for “occupying, obstructing, blocking, physically impeding or delaying access”.
Instead of recognizing the collective hereditary leadership of the Wet'suwet'en, the legal notices are targeting Freda Huson and Warner Naziel.
We will gather to declare:
WE DENOUNCE any attempt by Coastal GasLink, the federal and provincial governmenst or the RCMP to interfere in the rights of the Unist’ot’en to occupy, manage or maintain their lands.
WE DEMAND that the federal and provincial governments, industry, and police act in accordordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Anuk Nu'at'en (Wet'suwet'en laws) and collective Title.
The Unist’ot’en Camp is a permanent Indigenous re-occupation of Wet’suwet’en land in Northern British Columbia, Canada. The Camp has existed for eight years and is a homestead and healing center. It is along the proposed route of multiple LNG pipelines, including Coastal GasLink.
Coastal Gas Link Ltd. is a project of TransCanada Corporation. The proposed pipeline would send fracked gas from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, B.C.
“All Wet'suwet'en Clans have rejected the pipeline because our medicines, our food, and our water are all here and not replaceable. These legal challenges ignore the jurisdiction and authority of hereditary chiefs and our feast system of governance, which was recognized in the 1997 Deglamuukw-Gisday'wa Supreme Court case.”
Let your support be known!
