Thread by @Gidimten

1/ Today, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, we want to bring everyone’s attention to the yintah. On a day when many politicians will be out showing their faces at events meant to celebrate our culture they only subscribe to when it serves them.

2/ They do not want to acknowledge and follow the laws of our land. Laws that have been in place since time immemorial. Laws that restrict their access to our territories and resources. No, they just want to see us dance and sing and go home quietly.

3/ The destruction of Wet’suwet’en yintah and the imminent threat to Wedzin Kwa is not what they want to discuss. But this is our reality. One year after the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act became LAW we are still fighting.

4/ The goal of colonization is still present. They want to steal our land and “kill the Indian in the child”. Because children growing up connected to their territories would never allow for their destruction. As we will never give up on Wedzin Kwa.

5/ @CanadianPM did get one thing right though. Everyone needs to start paying attention and get involved:
“As we continue to shine light on the hard truths of the past, let us also shine a light of hope for the future. I invite all Canadians to learn more about First Nations,

6/ Inuit, and Métis cultures and histories – particularly in your local areas – and participate in an event or join the conversation on social media by using the hashtags #NIPD2022 and #NIPDCanada. Together, we will continue to advance reconciliation, support Indigenous Peoples

7/ and build a better future for everyone.”

Join us. Spread the word. The Wet’suwet’en will never surrender.

#AllOutForWedzinKwa