How human life depends on land defence
Emily Green
February 2, 2022
When the Wet’suwet’en talk of land defence, it is so much more than simply defending their home.
When the Wet’suwet’en talk of land defence, it is so much more than simply defending their home.
We stood alongside those with whom we have our disagreements but who share the position that there should be no ‘camps’ because camps are prisons. But we also stood amongst our opposition, those who do not want camps because they can’t stand the people in them.
The roadmaps for decolonization have been written. Through movements centered in Indigenous solidarity we can shift our understandings of sovereign from individuality to relational strength in sharing.
For now, the Wedzin Kwa runs clear. Its waters are safe to drink and support recovering populations of sockeye, Chinook and Coho salmon. Grizzly bears and black bears fish from its banks, as do the Wet’suwet’en people.