Canada launches new attack on the Unist’ot’ten

Lorelei -- For almost ten years, the Unist'ot'ten camp in Northern British Columbia has been home to an indigenous healing center, a place where indigenous families can begin healing from the trauma of settler-colonialism, and where they can relearn their culture and language, music, and art. Yesterday, militarized police moved to enter the camp with the intent to forcefully remove the Unist'ot'ten from their own land. The Canadian police are acting at the behest of TransCanada, the fossil fuel corporation that wants to build a fracked gas pipeline through the unceded territory of the Wet'suwet'en and Unist'ot'ten people...and the same corporation that's behind Keystone XL. Can you stand in solidarity with the Unist'ot'ten by donating to their legal fund? All five Wet'suwet'en clans (the Unist'ot'ten are a clan of the Wet'suwet'en) are unanimously opposed to all pipeline proposals that will impact their lands, water and air. They could not have made this more clear. 350 Seattle stands in firm solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people — this utter disregard of the laws of indigenous people must end. The Unist'ot'ten have stated their intention to stand up to the Canadian government and the fossil fuel corporations and take this fight to court. They have grounds for hope. In 1997, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the Wet'suwet'en have never given up title to 22,000km of northern British Columbia. The historic ruling also declared that the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs are the rightful decision makers on their lands ― the same hereditary chiefs that are unanimously opposed to the Coastal Gas Link Pipeline. But the Unist'ot'ten need to raise almost $100,000 in legal costs. They are already almost halfway there. Can you stand with the Unist'ot'ten and make a donation today? In solidarity, 350 Seattle -=-=- 350Seattle.org · 1919 E Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98112, United States This email was sent to loriwantsrss@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails or to update your email preferences, click here. You can also keep up with 350 Seattle on Twitter or Facebook. Donations always appreciated and put to good use.