Dear Relatives, 
 
All eyes are watching as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) began their invasion on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory.  Yesterday the roads were cleared to the Unist'ot'en camp and we know a raid today is likely. 
We wanted to provide the map above along with a brief update from our Wet'suwet'en relatives so you can better understand the lay of the land in the fight against TC Energy's Coastal GasLink pipeline being forced on the homelands of the Wet'suwet'en. We have also provided ways for you to take action.  
Across the world people are standing with the Wet'suwet'en and demanding Indigenous rights are upheld.  
#IndigenousYouthforWetsuweten are staging sit-ins : [link removed] and supporters are occupying the offices of elected officials, : [link removed] blocking traffic, trains and ports. : [link removed] 
These actions will continue until RCMP and the Canadian government leave unceded Wet'suwet'en territory.  
Keep scrolling after updates for ways to join us in taking action.  
Background:
 

January 5th, 2020 Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs representing all five clans of the Wet'suwet'en Nation evicted Coastal GasLink (CGL) from their territories. CGL does not have consent to construct their $6.6 billion fracked gas pipeline. CGL is trying to push through their project on unceded Indigenous territories.
 

 "Under ‘Anuc niwh’it’en (Wet’suwet’en law) all five clans of the Wet’suwet’en have unanimously opposed all pipeline proposals and have not provided free, prior, and informed consent to Coastal Gaslink/TransCanada to do work on Wet’suwet’en lands." The Royal Canadian Mountain Police are invading the land to clear it of Indigenous land defenders and their supporters so that CGL can continue work. Hereditary Chief Dsta’hyl (Liksamisu Clan) said, “wet'suwet'en will enforce the eviction of Coastal Gaslink with any means at their disposal.”
 

RCMP spent $3.6 million in the first three months they invaded Wet'suwet'en territory. They've now been here for 13 months. How many millions of dollars has RCMP spent finding our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirits? The connection to our MMIWG2S epidemic and pipeline industrial man camps is well know. We know that with violence to Indigenous lands comes violence to Indigenous peoples.
 

 


Day Four, February 9th, 2020 :
Unist'ot'en Camp 66km


All day black helicopters flew low over Unist'ot'en Camp to monitor activities while Unistoten matriarchs drummed and remained in ceremony. Two RCMP officers knocked on the door of Woos’ cabin at Gidimt’en Checkpoint refusing to identify themselves or give badge numbers and left. RCMP/CGL used 1 dump truck, 3 bulldozers, 1 large CAT, 1 large white SUV ,1 large RV, 1 ambulance, an estimated 6 pickup trucks to clear the road from Gidimt’en at 44km to Unist'ot'en at 66km. At 4:40pm a large tow truck reached the gate of Unist'ot'en followed by industry machinery at the gate and 5 RCMP officers approaching on foot, 3 graders and 13+ vehicles behind that. 21 personnel in yellow vests at pullout at 65km marker,  9 RCMP in snowshoes at the 65 km mark near bridge. 1 person in plaid coat.
5:20 pm the road to the bridge is completely cleared. 
At 6:08 pm RCMP return to Chief Woos’ cabin asking if occupants want a “ride out.” 
 6:29 pm - At least 5 RCMP/CGL vehicles have left toward the highway down from 44km. An ambulance, 1 large box truck, several industry trucks.


Arrest totals from RCMP/CGL invasion on unceded Wet'suwet'en territories: 6 arrests @ 39km, Feb 6 (released w/ no charges) 4 arrests @ 44km, Feb 7 (court date today, Smithers) 11 arrests @ 27km, Feb 8 (inc. Legal Observers)
 

Day Four Video Updates:
 
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Day Three, February 8th, 2020 :
Unist'ot'en Camp 66km

RCMP has made it the gates of the Unist’ot’en Camp by helicopter at 66km. Unist’ot’en matriarchs went into ceremony to call on ancestors and cremated a Canadian flag marked with the words "Reconciliation is dead." Freda Huson threw the injunction and shouted "this is all its worth, the paper its written on." RCMP helicopters have retreated for now.

1:28 pm - 4 arrests reported at 27km, Gisdewe cabin. Media being held back from accurately reporting the invasion for the third day in the row. 
 

Day Three Video Updates:
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Day Two, February 7th, 2020
Gidimt’en Checkpoint 44 km

Dozens of RCMP officers breached the gates here, four waves of helicopters dropped off tactical officers to surround the homesite with assault rifles and police dogs. The four land defenders arrested during the Gidimt’en invasion are still in custody. They have refused to sign conditions of release that will prohibit them from visiting homesites on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory. Among those arrested are Gidimt’en Chief Woos’ daughter Eve Saint, Anne Spice of the tlingit nation, Denzel Sutherland-Wilson of the Gitxsan nation, and a Mohawk supporter.
 

Day Two Video Update:
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Day One, February 6, 2020
Media Camp Invasion 27 km

Dozens of militarized police with assault rifles and dogs have been deployed against unarmed Wet’suwet’en land defenders on unceded Indigenous land. At least 100 police are part of the operation. Six arrests were made, while two Wet’suwet’en home sites remain in the path of police violence, including the Unist’ot’en Healing Center founded in 2015. 

 

Day One Video Update:
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You can donate to legal defense/support funds here:
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Likht'samisyu: [link removed]: [link removed]

 

To follow the events of the invasion: 
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On twitter @UnistotenCamp : [link removed]
 

Hashtags for Social Media: 
#LANDBACK
#WETSUWETENSTRONG
#SHUTDOWNCANADA
 

Download the Wet’suwet’en Supporter Toolkit 2020 here
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Hold a solidarity action:
 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find A Solidarity Action Near You:
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Contact the British Columbian Government here:


Premier John Horgan 
1.250.387.1715


Minister of Indigenous Relations and “Reconciliation” Scott Fraser 
1.250.953.4844


Attorney General David Eby 
1.250.387.2178


Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth 
1.250.356.2178


Minister of Forest Lands and Natural Resources Operations and Rural Development and MLA for Stikine-Wet’suwet’en Territory Doug Donaldson
1.250.387.6240
 

Contact CGL Operator TC Energy (Formerly TransCanada):

Corporate Head Office
450 - 1 Street S.W. Calgary, AB
Canada, T2P 5H1
1-403-920-2000

Corporate Head Office 
700 Louisiana St, 
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (832.320.5000


Contact CGL Operator KKR :

NEW YORK
9 West 57th Street
Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
+ 1 (212) 750-8300


HOUSTON
600 Travis Street
Suite 7200
Houston, Texas 77002
+ 1 (713) 343-5142

MENLO PARK
MENLO PARK
2800 Sand Hill Road
Suite 200
Menlo Park, California 94025
+ 1 (650) 233-6560
 

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Do not look away as Indigenous peoples are being pushed off their land. We have long cared for Mother Earth, in these times we must center Indigenous knowledge and return Indigenous lands to heal.
 

Reconciliation isn't violence against Indigenous peoples. 
 

 
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