THIS IS NOT OVER

Art by Gord Hill, Kwakwaka’wakw

Statement from Unist’ot’en Camp, Jan. 9, 2019

The Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have by absolutely no means agreed to let the Coastal GasLink pipeline tear through our traditional territories.

On January 7th at the Gidumt’en access point, the RCMP used excessive and brutal force. We expected a large response, we did not expect a military level invasion where our unarmed women and elders were faced with automatic weapons and bulldozers.

RCMP, Wet’suwet’en reach tentative deal to let gas company workers through

Agreement would give pipeline workers access to area by Thursday afternoon

by Chantelle Bellrichard, CBC News,  Jan 9, 2019

A tentative agreement has been reached to allow workers for a natural gas pipeline company to access to an area in northern B..C. that had been the focal point of a First Nation protest.

The hereditary leadership of the Wet’suwet’en Nation spelled out some of the details of the tentative deal in a Facebook livestream on Wednesday from the healing centre of the Unist’ot’en camp.

RCMP arrive at Unist’ot’en camp with hereditary chiefs

Members of the RCMP Division Liaison Team arrive at Unist’ot’en checkpoint. Photo: Jesse Winter/StarMetro Vancouver.

By Perrin Grauer, Alex McKeen, Jesse Winter, StarMetro Vancouver, Jan. 9, 2019

UNIST’OT’EN CAMP— The RCMP and hereditary chiefs, with media in tow, arrived at the Unist’ot’en camp about 65 kilometres outside of Houston, B.C. in a bid to peacefully shut down the days-old standoff with members of the Wet’suwet’en nation.

RCMP roadblock lifted, allowing supporters and media access to Unist’ot’en anti-pipeline camp

Supporters of the Unist’ot’en camp wait by the RCMP exclusion zone on a forest service road. (Chantelle Bellrichard/CBC)

Hereditary chiefs expected to give update on talks with RCMP when media reach camp

CBC News, Jan 9, 2019

RCMP have opened their roadblock on a remote forest road in northern B.C., allowing access to a camp that has been the focal point of a First Nations protest against a natural gas pipeline.

After day and a half of talks, Wet’suwet’en Nation hereditary chiefs reached an agreement with the RCMP that includes opening the area that had been off limits to supporters and the media since Monday, before police entered a fortified checkpoint at the Gidimt’en camp and arrested 14 people.

Unist’ot’en camp awaits RCMP raid; Solidarity actions continue

Port of Vancouver blocked on Jan 9, 2019. Photo: Facebook

As the Unist’ot’en awaits the RCMP raid on their checkpoint, solidarity actions and rallies are continuing across the country. In Vancouver, BC, a vital route to the Port of Vancouver has been blockaded while in Montreal five people were arrested after blocking traffic on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, an important route into the city.

Talks underway between Unist’ot’en camp and RCMP to reach ‘a peaceful solution’ says hereditary chief

Hereditary chiefs of Wet’suwet’en Nation in northern B.C. Photo: Kathleen Martens/APTN

by Simon Charland & Kathleen Martens, APTN National News, Jan 8, 2019

An RCMP operation to enforce a court injunction over a pipeline dispute in northern B.C. has come to an end for now without further arrests, APTN News has learned.

Hereditary Chief Na’Moks of the Wet’suwet’en Nation confirmed Tuesday night talks were underway to reach “a peaceful solution” after Monday’s raid at a checkpoint 20 km down the road from the camp.

Video: Worldwide Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

RCMP on the move to last and longest-standing Wet’suwet’en camp

Burning barricade at Gidimt’en checkpoint on Jan 7, 2019, part of a series of additional blockades which served to stop the RCMP advance. Photo: Jesse Winter/StarMetro Vancouver.

By Jesse Winter, StarMetro Vancouver, Jan 8, 2019

MORICE WEST FORESTRY SERVICE ROAD, B.C.—After Monday’s chaotic retreat from the Gidimt’en checkpoint, the mood Tuesday at the Unist’ot’en camp healing lodge was subdued and tense.

Windows were covered with blankets.

On the bridge nearby, a gate was topped with barbed wire and monitored by a security camera, as Unist’ot’en clan members awaited the inevitable return of police.

Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, spotters along the logging road reported police were on the move again with more vehicles and heavy equipment.

Trudeau’s remarks to Indigenous leaders delayed by First Nations pipeline protest; thousands rally across country in solidarity with Unis’tot’en

Trudeau’s cabinet forced to leave, unable to attend their meeting this afternoon at Deifenbaker federal government building because of hundreds occupying this space. Photo: Preethy Sivakumar/Facebook

Trudeau addresses Indigenous forum in Ottawa as First Nations protesters march through city

CBC News, Jan 8, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s opening remarks to Indigenous leaders attending an annual forum in Ottawa today were delayed after anti-pipeline protesters breached security at the venue to stage a sit-in.

Trudeau appeared at the Modern Treaty and Self-Governing First Nations Forum this afternoon. The prime minister’s statement was put on hold after hundreds of Indigenous protesters marched from Parliament Hill to the forum’s venue at Ottawa’s old City Hall on Sussex Drive and entered the building.

Video of RCMP raid on Gidumt’en Checkpoint