Lorelei --
I first visited the Uni'st'oten camp in 2014. The camp is a reoccupation of the Unist'ot'en clan's unceded traditional territory, and has been stopping the development of multiple fracked gas pipelines in Northern British Columbia since 2010.
Ever since my first visit, I have remained close to the camp. Now, they need our solidarity. Last week, TransCanda officials applied for an injunction against the camp in order to build the Coastal Gas Link pipeline; they also filed a civil suit against individual leaders of the camp. If the injunction is granted on Monday, December 10th, militarized police forces could be called in to remove indigenous leaders from their homelands.
The camp has asked that people do five things to help. Can you read this blog and then do whatever you can to help?
The camp runs a three-story healing center that was built with grassroots funds and volunteer labor. Their vision is to heal their community from generations of colonialism by reconnecting with the land they have never given up to the Canadian government. Leaders of the camp have called for support from all people of the world as their protection of land and water benefits all of us.
They have asked that we donate to cover legal costs and food for people on the frontlines, consider traveling to the camp and consider organizing solidarity actions to show our support for the camp. You can learn more about the camp and do all of those things by clicking here.
The time for support is now.
In solidarity, Andrew
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