1) Elected band councils are 100% in favour of the LNG pipeline
2) Elected band councils are a construct of colonial policy and do not represent traditional Indigenous governance
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4) Matriarchs in the Wetsueten people have been pushed aside by male claimants to the title of hereditary chiefs 2/25
6) Other groups, some FN, some claiming to be allies, are launching protests 3/25
9) #cpcldr hopefuls are trying to "out-colonial" each other. Thus far only Gladu has openly called for tanks to stop the protests... 5/25
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18) The CPC is trying lay the blame on "paid, professional, non-indigenous activists" b/c it's not good to look too racist. But RCMP surveillance is not reporting this. 19/25
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