This week I attended the Peace & Unity Summit hosted by the Wet’suwet’en office. We were given the gift of being on the yintah, as witnesses. We rafted down the Wedzin Kwa. We drank from the river, saw an ancient village site and witnessed the first salmon return. 1/ #bcpoli 
That same day we were under surveillance by the RCMP and CGL. It was unmissable - every turn, even outside of the Healing House, they were there watching side by side. We were photographed, videotaped, and had a drone set on us. We witnessed a person get arrested. 2/ #bcpoli
This industrial operation continues to disenfranchise Indigenous people on their territory every single day. We witnessed that. Over the next 3 days we heard similar stories from chiefs, elders, and leaders about their fight to defend their territory across BC. 3/ #bcpoli
We are in a climate crisis, and yet the BC and Canadian govt’s continue to subsidize and protect the oil and gas industry as it builds more infrastructure that will add emissions while putting water, air, and soil at ever more risk. It’s impossible to understand. 4/ #bcpoli
I heard stories of generation after generation of Indigenous people standing up to protect land and water. I heard stories of hardship, of connection, of infallible determination to protect their culture and their livelihoods. 5/#bcpoli
I witnessed truth telling. I spend my days in an institution where truth telling doesn’t happen very often. To be in a room where I know that the things being said are honest, and real, filled me up with gratitude and hope. 6/ #bcpoli
I also witnessed love. Over and over again, love was shown. Love for land, love for water, love for people, love for community, love for children, and love for a future that is healthy and whole. And there was so much laughter and humility. 7/ #bcpoli
These past few days on Wet’suwet’en territory have changed me. We were guests, we were witnesses, and we were given the gift of being able to learn from so many wise and generous people. 8/8 #bcpoli
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