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For settlers just coming to terms with the consequences of colonialism in Canada, I offer this free documentary screening series to get you up to speed... 1/5 #unistoten #wetsuwetenstrong
There is no better introduction to the history of the Unist’ot’en Camp and the Coastal Gaslink pipeline than #Invasion a film made in the urgency of the current crisis 2/5 #unistoten #WetsuwetenStrong unistoten.camp/media/invasion/
For a comprehensive look at the full scope of Canada's colonial history and the history of indigenous resistance watch Alanis Obomsawin's masterpiece "Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance" 3/5 #unistoten #WetsuwetenStrong nfb.ca/film/kanehsata…
To see another example of how the RCMP enforces colonial power against indigenous sovereignty, watch Obomsawin's "Incident at Restigouche" 4/5 #unistoten #WetsuwetenStrong nfb.ca/film/incident_…
And if you want to understand the history of indigenous resistance and deja vu nature of Canadian settler colonialism, watch Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell's "You Are on Indian Land" 5/5 #unistoten #WetsuwetenStrong
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UPDATE: RCMP Checkpoint Blocks Legal Observer, Requests Private Medical Information from Doctors Seeking Access

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1/ RCMP have again changed the rules at their roadblock, and have now stated that they will not allow any lawyers onto our territory who are not licensed in BC.
2/ This is a clear attempt to target and exclude legal professionals with the Water Protectors Legal Collective who were invited onto Wet'suwet'en territory to conduct legal observer training and help us keep the police accountable in the event that they invade our territory.
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Unist'ot'en Camp
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs Ask RCMP to Stand Down.

Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs met with senior RCMP officials and issued the following directives:

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1. That police stand down and refrain from enforcing the injunction order until nation-to-nation talks can occur with the provincial and federal governments to address infringements to Wet’suwet’en rights and title.
2. That the remote detachment established by the RCMP on Wet’suwet’en territory be immediately removed.
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Michael Toledano
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1/ THREAD - The BC Supreme Court Decision has ruled against the Unist'ot'en and Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, granting an injunction to Coastal Gaslink and ensuring police enforcement for the duration of the pipeline's construction. This is a close reading of the decision.
2/ Broadly, the judge accepted CGL’s position that they had obtained all necessary permits and were unlawfully impeded by a group, the #unistoten, engaged in ‘self-help remedies.’ CGL met all three tests for granting an injunction – more on these below.
3/ The judge rejected the defendant’s position that their actions are consistent with Wet’suwet’en law and ruled that Indigenous legal orders are not an “effectual” part of CDN law. Indigenous legal perspectives are only accepted as “fact evidence” of an Indigenous worldview.
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Michael Toledano
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Coastal Gaslink has bulldozed through the Kweese war trail - one of the best known Wet’suwet’en cultural heritage sites and an area likely containing gravesites and artifacts thousands of years old. #unistoten #wetsuwetenstrong
Trees marked nearly a decade ago by the Office of Wet'suwet'en with “cultural heritage resource” ribbons were felled right across the trail, ribbons intact. CGL marked off parts of the area as a "heritage trail" and bulldozed through regardless.
The Office of Wet’suwet’en described the disturbance of this trail as “an act of cultural genocide on the Wet'suwet'en” that “has eliminated Wet'suwet'en history” in a letter written to the provincial environmental assessment office.
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Unist'ot'en Camp
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Today, Freda Huson of the #Unistoten is in New York at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, to address the ongoing human rights violations against the Wet’suwet’en people.

This thread is her statement in full. Visit our FB page for the video. #wetsuwetenstrong
"Thank you for the opportunity to speak.

I am Freda Huson of Unist’ot’en –Wet’suwet’en People of Canada.

I am here to express concerns with Human Rights Violations happening to my people. Since time immemorial, my people have lived in a balanced relationship with our lands.
We depend on the land to survive, and we are responsible for protecting it. Since Canada began settling on our territories, we have been forced onto reservations and away from our traditional land base.
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Sean Carleton
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1. It seems this tweet is hitting a nerve. I'm having a hard time keeping up with up the comments, questions, + threats. Now that the #Unistoten solidarity actions have finished for today, I wanted to take just a few moments to reflect +offer some further thoughts as a historian.
2. My tweet was one of solidarity; I originally intended it as an intervention into the emerging discussion by Canadians about the RCMP’s action against the #UnistotenCamp that was treating this kind of operation against Indigenous peoples as an anomaly, a one-off. It is not.
3. As a historian, I can tell you it is part of a longer pattern going back to the North-West Mounted Police's formation (later the Royal NWMP, later RCMP). Indeed, the origins of the "Mounties" are very much connected to colonization, sent out by John A. Macdonald no less.
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