Grassroots Wet'suwet'en Call out for Support

http://unistotencamp.wordpress.com/
The Unis'tot'en are a clan of the Wet'suwet'en people. They have not given consent for pipeline construction on their unceded territory, which the Pacific Trails Pipeline contractors require under the UN's declaration of FPIC. (Free Prior & Informed Consent)
http://www.facebook.com/groups/127291627330097/
Logging of the pipeline route on Wet'suwet'en territory has begun and crews trying to start construction camps have been informed they are trespassing and left. The Unis'tot'en are asking for allies to help in any way they can to support their ongoing resistance to resource companies, who are operating without concern for democratic procedures and effectively outside the law.
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Hi, my name is Toghestiy,

I come from the Wet'suwet'en Nation which is in north central British Columbia.

We have an ongoing camp up in our territory

to stop all the pipelines from comin' through our lands.

I am one of many people who represent the grassroots population of the Wet'suwet'en people.

We've been fighting pipelines since we first heard about them, probably about 8 years ago,

and we've been actively fighting over the last 4 years.

We've held many camps up in our territories.

At present we have a cabin that's built directly in line with the proposed pipelines.

If these pipelines come in through our territories,

one of the biggest threats that we face

is the possibility of a 3 kilometre wide right-of-way

cutting through our territories all the way to Kitimat.

The reason why we're really upset about this

is because the proposed right-of-way and the proposed pipelines

are proposing to pass through unceded territories

which are the spawning grounds, or the birthplace, of our salmon.

We need to protect these places

because it's something that's important for not just Wet'suwet'en people, but for all people.

If we allow one pipeline in, the rest of the pipelines will soon follow.

And we can't allow that to happen.

We can't take that risk.

No tankers. No pipelines. At all.

We have an ongoing camp up in northern, north central BC.

People are interested in helping us out, by all means, get a hold of us at

http://unistotencamp.wordpress.com/

It's a website that we have set up for our camp.

All of our contact information is on there.

We also have a facebook site called We Support The Unis'tot'en and Grassroots Wet'suwet'en

[ http://www.facebook.com/groups/127291627330097/ ]

I think it's really important that people become involved in this type of stuff

because if we don't, nobody will,

and you have to act to mobilize yourselves in order to get change happening on the ground here.

So, a call out to everybody: come and support us.

We have an ongoing camp,

we're in need of supplies, food, whatever you can provide to us.

We're there, and we're there to protect our lands,

we have a lot of people that are coming out to our camp,

and they're in need of a lot of those things as well,

so please support us.

Misiyh.