#gitxsan — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gitxsan, aggregated by home.social.
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AY Jackson, Night on the Skeena River, 1927 (Lot 126) www.heffel.com/Auction/A202...
James Wilson Morrice, La foire à Concarneau, ca 1910 (Lot 135) www.heffel.com/Auction/A202...
#canadianart #ayjackson #jwmorrice #jameswilsonmorrice #morrice #NightontheSkeenaRiver #crestpole #emilycarr #gitxsan
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@dillyd His (sorry, it’s a man) name is Git’weedzarat, or Person-With-Large-Nose, and he is a crest belonging to the Wolf clan of the Gitanyow tribe.
[Edit: Above is from Barbeau (1929) but Duff (1959) is more reliable. Gitanyow told him the figure is a woman named Will-a-Daugh. She birthed a grub-worm that destroyed her village & was killed. In despair she drowned herself. The crest is indeed a mother holding her child. @dillyd was correct.]
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@dillyd His (sorry, it’s a man) name is Git’weedzarat, or Person-With-Large-Nose, and he is a crest belonging to the Wolf clan of the Gitanyow tribe.
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@dillyd His (sorry, it’s a man) name is Git’weedzarat, or Person-With-Large-Nose, and he is a crest belonging to the Wolf clan of the Gitanyow tribe.
[Edit: Above is from Barbeau (1929) but Duff (1959) is more reliable. Gitanyow told him the figure is a woman named Will-a-Daugh. She birthed a grub-worm that destroyed her village & was killed. In despair she drowned herself. The crest is indeed a mother holding her child. @dillyd was correct.]
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@dillyd His (sorry, it’s a man) name is Git’weedzarat, or Person-With-Large-Nose, and he is a crest belonging to the Wolf clan of the Gitanyow tribe.
[Edit: Above is from Barbeau (1929) but Duff (1959) is more reliable. Gitanyow told him the figure is a woman named Will-a-Daugh. She birthed a grub-worm that destroyed her village & was killed. In despair she drowned herself. The crest is indeed a mother holding her child. @dillyd was correct.]
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@dillyd His (sorry, it’s a man) name is Git’weedzarat, or Person-With-Large-Nose, and he is a crest belonging to the Wolf clan of the Gitanyow tribe.
[Edit: Above is from Barbeau (1929) but Duff (1959) is more reliable. Gitanyow told him the figure is a woman named Will-a-Daugh. She birthed a grub-worm that destroyed her village & was killed. In despair she drowned herself. The crest is indeed a mother holding her child. @dillyd was correct.]
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As winter looms, #Gitxsan and #Gitanyow #pipeline #resistance shows no sign of slowing
#LandDefenders continue to organize against #PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review starting this week [Nov 27, 2024]
"[Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown], who’s chosen to make her home in a converted school bus heated by a wood stove, said she, too, will do what it takes to make sure the pipeline project is kiboshed. 'They’re not getting in here,' she told IndigiNews. 'Over my dead body.'
By Mike Graeme, November 27, 2024
"Up a forestry road north of Kispiox on Gitxsan Lax’yip (homelands), the sounds of hammering and power tools echo through the forest as golden leaves fall from aspen poplar and paper birch trees.
"With winter imminent, Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown — who is Gitxsan from the Gisk’aast (Fireweed) Clan — and her team hurry to build a structure to keep Brown’s four dogs and nine foster puppies warm during the cold months.
"In these territories of northwestern 'B.C.,' temperatures can be unforgiving, with lows known to drop to -30 C or colder at night.
"'It’s scary thinking I’m going to be out here in the winter, but it really feels like I can’t leave,' Brown says. 'I do this from love.'"
https://indiginews.com/features/winter-looms-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-pipeline-resistance
#BritishColumbia #CdnPol #DefendTheSacred #PipelineBlockade #PipelineResistance #PRGTPipeline #BigOilAndGas
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As winter looms, #Gitxsan and #Gitanyow #pipeline #resistance shows no sign of slowing
#LandDefenders continue to organize against #PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review starting this week [Nov 27, 2024]
"[Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown], who’s chosen to make her home in a converted school bus heated by a wood stove, said she, too, will do what it takes to make sure the pipeline project is kiboshed. 'They’re not getting in here,' she told IndigiNews. 'Over my dead body.'
By Mike Graeme, November 27, 2024
"Up a forestry road north of Kispiox on Gitxsan Lax’yip (homelands), the sounds of hammering and power tools echo through the forest as golden leaves fall from aspen poplar and paper birch trees.
"With winter imminent, Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown — who is Gitxsan from the Gisk’aast (Fireweed) Clan — and her team hurry to build a structure to keep Brown’s four dogs and nine foster puppies warm during the cold months.
"In these territories of northwestern 'B.C.,' temperatures can be unforgiving, with lows known to drop to -30 C or colder at night.
"'It’s scary thinking I’m going to be out here in the winter, but it really feels like I can’t leave,' Brown says. 'I do this from love.'"
https://indiginews.com/features/winter-looms-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-pipeline-resistance
#BritishColumbia #CdnPol #DefendTheSacred #PipelineBlockade #PipelineResistance #PRGTPipeline #BigOilAndGas
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As winter looms, #Gitxsan and #Gitanyow #pipeline #resistance shows no sign of slowing
#LandDefenders continue to organize against #PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review starting this week [Nov 27, 2024]
"[Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown], who’s chosen to make her home in a converted school bus heated by a wood stove, said she, too, will do what it takes to make sure the pipeline project is kiboshed. 'They’re not getting in here,' she told IndigiNews. 'Over my dead body.'
By Mike Graeme, November 27, 2024
"Up a forestry road north of Kispiox on Gitxsan Lax’yip (homelands), the sounds of hammering and power tools echo through the forest as golden leaves fall from aspen poplar and paper birch trees.
"With winter imminent, Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown — who is Gitxsan from the Gisk’aast (Fireweed) Clan — and her team hurry to build a structure to keep Brown’s four dogs and nine foster puppies warm during the cold months.
"In these territories of northwestern 'B.C.,' temperatures can be unforgiving, with lows known to drop to -30 C or colder at night.
"'It’s scary thinking I’m going to be out here in the winter, but it really feels like I can’t leave,' Brown says. 'I do this from love.'"
https://indiginews.com/features/winter-looms-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-pipeline-resistance
#BritishColumbia #CdnPol #DefendTheSacred #PipelineBlockade #PipelineResistance #PRGTPipeline #BigOilAndGas
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As winter looms, #Gitxsan and #Gitanyow #pipeline #resistance shows no sign of slowing
#LandDefenders continue to organize against #PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review starting this week [Nov 27, 2024]
"[Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown], who’s chosen to make her home in a converted school bus heated by a wood stove, said she, too, will do what it takes to make sure the pipeline project is kiboshed. 'They’re not getting in here,' she told IndigiNews. 'Over my dead body.'
By Mike Graeme, November 27, 2024
"Up a forestry road north of Kispiox on Gitxsan Lax’yip (homelands), the sounds of hammering and power tools echo through the forest as golden leaves fall from aspen poplar and paper birch trees.
"With winter imminent, Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown — who is Gitxsan from the Gisk’aast (Fireweed) Clan — and her team hurry to build a structure to keep Brown’s four dogs and nine foster puppies warm during the cold months.
"In these territories of northwestern 'B.C.,' temperatures can be unforgiving, with lows known to drop to -30 C or colder at night.
"'It’s scary thinking I’m going to be out here in the winter, but it really feels like I can’t leave,' Brown says. 'I do this from love.'"
https://indiginews.com/features/winter-looms-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-pipeline-resistance
#BritishColumbia #CdnPol #DefendTheSacred #PipelineBlockade #PipelineResistance #PRGTPipeline #BigOilAndGas
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As winter looms, #Gitxsan and #Gitanyow #pipeline #resistance shows no sign of slowing
#LandDefenders continue to organize against #PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review starting this week [Nov 27, 2024]
"[Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown], who’s chosen to make her home in a converted school bus heated by a wood stove, said she, too, will do what it takes to make sure the pipeline project is kiboshed. 'They’re not getting in here,' she told IndigiNews. 'Over my dead body.'
By Mike Graeme, November 27, 2024
"Up a forestry road north of Kispiox on Gitxsan Lax’yip (homelands), the sounds of hammering and power tools echo through the forest as golden leaves fall from aspen poplar and paper birch trees.
"With winter imminent, Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown — who is Gitxsan from the Gisk’aast (Fireweed) Clan — and her team hurry to build a structure to keep Brown’s four dogs and nine foster puppies warm during the cold months.
"In these territories of northwestern 'B.C.,' temperatures can be unforgiving, with lows known to drop to -30 C or colder at night.
"'It’s scary thinking I’m going to be out here in the winter, but it really feels like I can’t leave,' Brown says. 'I do this from love.'"
https://indiginews.com/features/winter-looms-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-pipeline-resistance
#BritishColumbia #CdnPol #DefendTheSacred #PipelineBlockade #PipelineResistance #PRGTPipeline #BigOilAndGas
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#SQUAMISH - Tonight!
An Evening with #LandDefenders - Friday, Sept 13
Join an evening with land defenders from #Wetsuweten, #Gitxsan, and other #FirstNations, who will be in Squamish to share their community’s experience with the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline and the #LNG export facility in #Kitimat, B.C., and who are now fighting the proposed #PrinceRupert Gas Transmission line. This is an opportunity for community members to learn about the potential social and #environmental impacts of the #FortisBC #EagleMountain pipeline and #WoodfibreLNG projects in the Squamish region. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation. The event is at the Eagle Eye Theatre in Squamish Friday, Sept 13 at 6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-land-defenders-in-squamish-registration-1001064971277
#BCpoli #Indigenous #Environmental #ecological #NativeLand #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #Canada #UNDRIP
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#SQUAMISH - Tonight!
An Evening with #LandDefenders - Friday, Sept 13
Join an evening with land defenders from #Wetsuweten, #Gitxsan, and other #FirstNations, who will be in Squamish to share their community’s experience with the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline and the #LNG export facility in #Kitimat, B.C., and who are now fighting the proposed #PrinceRupert Gas Transmission line. This is an opportunity for community members to learn about the potential social and #environmental impacts of the #FortisBC #EagleMountain pipeline and #WoodfibreLNG projects in the Squamish region. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation. The event is at the Eagle Eye Theatre in Squamish Friday, Sept 13 at 6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-land-defenders-in-squamish-registration-1001064971277
#BCpoli #Indigenous #Environmental #ecological #NativeLand #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #Canada #UNDRIP
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#SQUAMISH - Tonight!
An Evening with #LandDefenders - Friday, Sept 13
Join an evening with land defenders from #Wetsuweten, #Gitxsan, and other #FirstNations, who will be in Squamish to share their community’s experience with the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline and the #LNG export facility in #Kitimat, B.C., and who are now fighting the proposed #PrinceRupert Gas Transmission line. This is an opportunity for community members to learn about the potential social and #environmental impacts of the #FortisBC #EagleMountain pipeline and #WoodfibreLNG projects in the Squamish region. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation. The event is at the Eagle Eye Theatre in Squamish Friday, Sept 13 at 6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-land-defenders-in-squamish-registration-1001064971277
#BCpoli #Indigenous #Environmental #ecological #NativeLand #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #Canada #UNDRIP
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#SQUAMISH - Tonight!
An Evening with #LandDefenders - Friday, Sept 13
Join an evening with land defenders from #Wetsuweten, #Gitxsan, and other #FirstNations, who will be in Squamish to share their community’s experience with the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline and the #LNG export facility in #Kitimat, B.C., and who are now fighting the proposed #PrinceRupert Gas Transmission line. This is an opportunity for community members to learn about the potential social and #environmental impacts of the #FortisBC #EagleMountain pipeline and #WoodfibreLNG projects in the Squamish region. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation. The event is at the Eagle Eye Theatre in Squamish Friday, Sept 13 at 6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-land-defenders-in-squamish-registration-1001064971277
#BCpoli #Indigenous #Environmental #ecological #NativeLand #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #Canada #UNDRIP
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#SQUAMISH - Tonight!
An Evening with #LandDefenders - Friday, Sept 13
Join an evening with land defenders from #Wetsuweten, #Gitxsan, and other #FirstNations, who will be in Squamish to share their community’s experience with the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline and the #LNG export facility in #Kitimat, B.C., and who are now fighting the proposed #PrinceRupert Gas Transmission line. This is an opportunity for community members to learn about the potential social and #environmental impacts of the #FortisBC #EagleMountain pipeline and #WoodfibreLNG projects in the Squamish region. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation. The event is at the Eagle Eye Theatre in Squamish Friday, Sept 13 at 6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-land-defenders-in-squamish-registration-1001064971277
#BCpoli #Indigenous #Environmental #ecological #NativeLand #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #Canada #UNDRIP
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CW: CW - Graphic descriptions of police abusing Native American activists
Abuse of process hearing for #Wetsuweten leader, blockade members to resume in June
The Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline would run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, B.C., through traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en
CBC
19 January 2024"An abuse of process hearing for three people found guilty of criminal #contempt of court for blocking work on the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline in November 2021 is being adjourned until June.
"Two weeks were scheduled this month in B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers for a trial and abuse of process application for #Sleydo', also known as #MollyWickham, a Wing Chief of #CasYikh, a house group of the #Gidimten Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation; #ShaylynnSampson, a #Gitxsan woman with Wet'suwet'en family ties and #CoreyJocko, who is Kanien'kehá:ka (#Mohawk) from #Akwesasne, which straddles the Quebec, Ontario and New York state borders.
"The accused were found guilty last Friday by Justice Michael Tammen of criminal contempt of court for breaking a 2019 injunction that impedes anyone from blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
"Tammen then began hearing the abuse of process application that alleges #RCMP used excessive force when they were arrested and that they were treated unfairly while in custody.
"The filing asks if the judge doesn't stay their charges, then it would be appropriate to reduce their sentences based on their treatment by police.
"Several RCMP witnesses have testified so far about the two-day raid in November 2021 enforcing the injunction.
"Const. Mark Freeman and Cpl. Colin Warwick, who were in charge of police dogs on scene, testified on Friday.
"They told the court that the dogs were there to look for people who may be hiding in the area or detect possible booby traps, but they found no people or booby traps.
"During two days of testimony earlier this week, Supt. James Elliott spoke about factors that played a role in deciding the resources used to enforce the injunction.
"Elliott said he was considering information about half-cut trees along the side of the forest service road that had potential to fall, a social media post that indicated weapons were hidden under the snow in the area, the possibility of booby traps along the road and use of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) warrior flag, that police thought indicated heightened #activism.
"Several other police witnesses also mentioned the potential for booby traps but no one said any were found.
"During cross-examination of the RCMP witnesses, defence lawyer Frances Mahon told the court the social media post was referring to the #Haudenosaunee great law of peace, in which five warring nations bury their weapons under a pine tree to unite.
"Mahon also played audio recordings in which officers can be heard referring to people being arrested as 'orcs' and 'ogre.' In another recording, RCMP officers can be heard laughing about an officer beating a person being arrested and grabbing and twisting their testicles.
"When the hearing resumes, the defence is expected to call several witnesses, including the three accused.
"The hearing is expected to resume in Smithers June 17-21."
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/abuse-process-hearing-wetsuweten-leader-215317616.html
#ACAB #SLAPPs #IndigenousActivism
#BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism
#IndigenousLandDefenders
#LandBack #2023PublicOrderAct #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent
#WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors
#ForestDefenders
#ClimateActivists
#ClimateJustice
#EcoActivists #HumanRightsViolations
#Article20 #RightToProtest -
CW: CW - Graphic descriptions of police abusing Native American activists
Abuse of process hearing for #Wetsuweten leader, blockade members to resume in June
The Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline would run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, B.C., through traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en
CBC
19 January 2024"An abuse of process hearing for three people found guilty of criminal #contempt of court for blocking work on the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline in November 2021 is being adjourned until June.
"Two weeks were scheduled this month in B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers for a trial and abuse of process application for #Sleydo', also known as #MollyWickham, a Wing Chief of #CasYikh, a house group of the #Gidimten Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation; #ShaylynnSampson, a #Gitxsan woman with Wet'suwet'en family ties and #CoreyJocko, who is Kanien'kehá:ka (#Mohawk) from #Akwesasne, which straddles the Quebec, Ontario and New York state borders.
"The accused were found guilty last Friday by Justice Michael Tammen of criminal contempt of court for breaking a 2019 injunction that impedes anyone from blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
"Tammen then began hearing the abuse of process application that alleges #RCMP used excessive force when they were arrested and that they were treated unfairly while in custody.
"The filing asks if the judge doesn't stay their charges, then it would be appropriate to reduce their sentences based on their treatment by police.
"Several RCMP witnesses have testified so far about the two-day raid in November 2021 enforcing the injunction.
"Const. Mark Freeman and Cpl. Colin Warwick, who were in charge of police dogs on scene, testified on Friday.
"They told the court that the dogs were there to look for people who may be hiding in the area or detect possible booby traps, but they found no people or booby traps.
"During two days of testimony earlier this week, Supt. James Elliott spoke about factors that played a role in deciding the resources used to enforce the injunction.
"Elliott said he was considering information about half-cut trees along the side of the forest service road that had potential to fall, a social media post that indicated weapons were hidden under the snow in the area, the possibility of booby traps along the road and use of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) warrior flag, that police thought indicated heightened #activism.
"Several other police witnesses also mentioned the potential for booby traps but no one said any were found.
"During cross-examination of the RCMP witnesses, defence lawyer Frances Mahon told the court the social media post was referring to the #Haudenosaunee great law of peace, in which five warring nations bury their weapons under a pine tree to unite.
"Mahon also played audio recordings in which officers can be heard referring to people being arrested as 'orcs' and 'ogre.' In another recording, RCMP officers can be heard laughing about an officer beating a person being arrested and grabbing and twisting their testicles.
"When the hearing resumes, the defence is expected to call several witnesses, including the three accused.
"The hearing is expected to resume in Smithers June 17-21."
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/abuse-process-hearing-wetsuweten-leader-215317616.html
#ACAB #SLAPPs #IndigenousActivism
#BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism
#IndigenousLandDefenders
#LandBack #2023PublicOrderAct #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent
#WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors
#ForestDefenders
#ClimateActivists
#ClimateJustice
#EcoActivists #HumanRightsViolations
#Article20 #RightToProtest -
CW: CW - Graphic descriptions of police abusing Native American activists
Abuse of process hearing for #Wetsuweten leader, blockade members to resume in June
The Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline would run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, B.C., through traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en
CBC
19 January 2024"An abuse of process hearing for three people found guilty of criminal #contempt of court for blocking work on the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline in November 2021 is being adjourned until June.
"Two weeks were scheduled this month in B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers for a trial and abuse of process application for #Sleydo', also known as #MollyWickham, a Wing Chief of #CasYikh, a house group of the #Gidimten Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation; #ShaylynnSampson, a #Gitxsan woman with Wet'suwet'en family ties and #CoreyJocko, who is Kanien'kehá:ka (#Mohawk) from #Akwesasne, which straddles the Quebec, Ontario and New York state borders.
"The accused were found guilty last Friday by Justice Michael Tammen of criminal contempt of court for breaking a 2019 injunction that impedes anyone from blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
"Tammen then began hearing the abuse of process application that alleges #RCMP used excessive force when they were arrested and that they were treated unfairly while in custody.
"The filing asks if the judge doesn't stay their charges, then it would be appropriate to reduce their sentences based on their treatment by police.
"Several RCMP witnesses have testified so far about the two-day raid in November 2021 enforcing the injunction.
"Const. Mark Freeman and Cpl. Colin Warwick, who were in charge of police dogs on scene, testified on Friday.
"They told the court that the dogs were there to look for people who may be hiding in the area or detect possible booby traps, but they found no people or booby traps.
"During two days of testimony earlier this week, Supt. James Elliott spoke about factors that played a role in deciding the resources used to enforce the injunction.
"Elliott said he was considering information about half-cut trees along the side of the forest service road that had potential to fall, a social media post that indicated weapons were hidden under the snow in the area, the possibility of booby traps along the road and use of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) warrior flag, that police thought indicated heightened #activism.
"Several other police witnesses also mentioned the potential for booby traps but no one said any were found.
"During cross-examination of the RCMP witnesses, defence lawyer Frances Mahon told the court the social media post was referring to the #Haudenosaunee great law of peace, in which five warring nations bury their weapons under a pine tree to unite.
"Mahon also played audio recordings in which officers can be heard referring to people being arrested as 'orcs' and 'ogre.' In another recording, RCMP officers can be heard laughing about an officer beating a person being arrested and grabbing and twisting their testicles.
"When the hearing resumes, the defence is expected to call several witnesses, including the three accused.
"The hearing is expected to resume in Smithers June 17-21."
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/abuse-process-hearing-wetsuweten-leader-215317616.html
#ACAB #SLAPPs #IndigenousActivism
#BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism
#IndigenousLandDefenders
#LandBack #2023PublicOrderAct #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent
#WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors
#ForestDefenders
#ClimateActivists
#ClimateJustice
#EcoActivists #HumanRightsViolations
#Article20 #RightToProtest -
CW: CW - Graphic descriptions of police abusing Native American activists
Abuse of process hearing for #Wetsuweten leader, blockade members to resume in June
The Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline would run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, B.C., through traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en
CBC
19 January 2024"An abuse of process hearing for three people found guilty of criminal #contempt of court for blocking work on the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline in November 2021 is being adjourned until June.
"Two weeks were scheduled this month in B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers for a trial and abuse of process application for #Sleydo', also known as #MollyWickham, a Wing Chief of #CasYikh, a house group of the #Gidimten Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation; #ShaylynnSampson, a #Gitxsan woman with Wet'suwet'en family ties and #CoreyJocko, who is Kanien'kehá:ka (#Mohawk) from #Akwesasne, which straddles the Quebec, Ontario and New York state borders.
"The accused were found guilty last Friday by Justice Michael Tammen of criminal contempt of court for breaking a 2019 injunction that impedes anyone from blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
"Tammen then began hearing the abuse of process application that alleges #RCMP used excessive force when they were arrested and that they were treated unfairly while in custody.
"The filing asks if the judge doesn't stay their charges, then it would be appropriate to reduce their sentences based on their treatment by police.
"Several RCMP witnesses have testified so far about the two-day raid in November 2021 enforcing the injunction.
"Const. Mark Freeman and Cpl. Colin Warwick, who were in charge of police dogs on scene, testified on Friday.
"They told the court that the dogs were there to look for people who may be hiding in the area or detect possible booby traps, but they found no people or booby traps.
"During two days of testimony earlier this week, Supt. James Elliott spoke about factors that played a role in deciding the resources used to enforce the injunction.
"Elliott said he was considering information about half-cut trees along the side of the forest service road that had potential to fall, a social media post that indicated weapons were hidden under the snow in the area, the possibility of booby traps along the road and use of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) warrior flag, that police thought indicated heightened #activism.
"Several other police witnesses also mentioned the potential for booby traps but no one said any were found.
"During cross-examination of the RCMP witnesses, defence lawyer Frances Mahon told the court the social media post was referring to the #Haudenosaunee great law of peace, in which five warring nations bury their weapons under a pine tree to unite.
"Mahon also played audio recordings in which officers can be heard referring to people being arrested as 'orcs' and 'ogre.' In another recording, RCMP officers can be heard laughing about an officer beating a person being arrested and grabbing and twisting their testicles.
"When the hearing resumes, the defence is expected to call several witnesses, including the three accused.
"The hearing is expected to resume in Smithers June 17-21."
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/abuse-process-hearing-wetsuweten-leader-215317616.html
#ACAB #SLAPPs #IndigenousActivism
#BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism
#IndigenousLandDefenders
#LandBack #2023PublicOrderAct #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent
#WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors
#ForestDefenders
#ClimateActivists
#ClimateJustice
#EcoActivists #HumanRightsViolations
#Article20 #RightToProtest -
CW: CW - Graphic descriptions of police abusing Native American activists
Abuse of process hearing for #Wetsuweten leader, blockade members to resume in June
The Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline would run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, B.C., through traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en
CBC
19 January 2024"An abuse of process hearing for three people found guilty of criminal #contempt of court for blocking work on the #CoastalGasLink #pipeline in November 2021 is being adjourned until June.
"Two weeks were scheduled this month in B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers for a trial and abuse of process application for #Sleydo', also known as #MollyWickham, a Wing Chief of #CasYikh, a house group of the #Gidimten Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation; #ShaylynnSampson, a #Gitxsan woman with Wet'suwet'en family ties and #CoreyJocko, who is Kanien'kehá:ka (#Mohawk) from #Akwesasne, which straddles the Quebec, Ontario and New York state borders.
"The accused were found guilty last Friday by Justice Michael Tammen of criminal contempt of court for breaking a 2019 injunction that impedes anyone from blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
"Tammen then began hearing the abuse of process application that alleges #RCMP used excessive force when they were arrested and that they were treated unfairly while in custody.
"The filing asks if the judge doesn't stay their charges, then it would be appropriate to reduce their sentences based on their treatment by police.
"Several RCMP witnesses have testified so far about the two-day raid in November 2021 enforcing the injunction.
"Const. Mark Freeman and Cpl. Colin Warwick, who were in charge of police dogs on scene, testified on Friday.
"They told the court that the dogs were there to look for people who may be hiding in the area or detect possible booby traps, but they found no people or booby traps.
"During two days of testimony earlier this week, Supt. James Elliott spoke about factors that played a role in deciding the resources used to enforce the injunction.
"Elliott said he was considering information about half-cut trees along the side of the forest service road that had potential to fall, a social media post that indicated weapons were hidden under the snow in the area, the possibility of booby traps along the road and use of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) warrior flag, that police thought indicated heightened #activism.
"Several other police witnesses also mentioned the potential for booby traps but no one said any were found.
"During cross-examination of the RCMP witnesses, defence lawyer Frances Mahon told the court the social media post was referring to the #Haudenosaunee great law of peace, in which five warring nations bury their weapons under a pine tree to unite.
"Mahon also played audio recordings in which officers can be heard referring to people being arrested as 'orcs' and 'ogre.' In another recording, RCMP officers can be heard laughing about an officer beating a person being arrested and grabbing and twisting their testicles.
"When the hearing resumes, the defence is expected to call several witnesses, including the three accused.
"The hearing is expected to resume in Smithers June 17-21."
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/abuse-process-hearing-wetsuweten-leader-215317616.html
#ACAB #SLAPPs #IndigenousActivism
#BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism
#IndigenousLandDefenders
#LandBack #2023PublicOrderAct #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent
#WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors
#ForestDefenders
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From Dogwood
General David Petraeus might be familiar if you followed the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As the top commander in the so-called “War on Terror,” Petraeus wrote the U.S. military field manual on counterinsurgency warfare.
Now those tactics are being used against Indigenous people and other civilians in B.C. to suppress resistance to oil and gas pipelines.
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From Dogwood
General David Petraeus might be familiar if you followed the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As the top commander in the so-called “War on Terror,” Petraeus wrote the U.S. military field manual on counterinsurgency warfare.
Now those tactics are being used against Indigenous people and other civilians in B.C. to suppress resistance to oil and gas pipelines.
🧵1/8
#Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan #CoastalGasLink #pipeline
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From Dogwood
General David Petraeus might be familiar if you followed the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As the top commander in the so-called “War on Terror,” Petraeus wrote the U.S. military field manual on counterinsurgency warfare.
Now those tactics are being used against Indigenous people and other civilians in B.C. to suppress resistance to oil and gas pipelines.
🧵1/8
#Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan #CoastalGasLink #pipeline
#BC #bcpoli #RCMP #KKR -
From Dogwood
General David Petraeus might be familiar if you followed the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As the top commander in the so-called “War on Terror,” Petraeus wrote the U.S. military field manual on counterinsurgency warfare.
Now those tactics are being used against Indigenous people and other civilians in B.C. to suppress resistance to oil and gas pipelines.
🧵1/8
#Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan #CoastalGasLink #pipeline
#BC #bcpoli #RCMP #KKR -
From Dogwood
General David Petraeus might be familiar if you followed the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As the top commander in the so-called “War on Terror,” Petraeus wrote the U.S. military field manual on counterinsurgency warfare.
Now those tactics are being used against Indigenous people and other civilians in B.C. to suppress resistance to oil and gas pipelines.
🧵1/8
#Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan #CoastalGasLink #pipeline
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/08/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/08/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/08/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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The Tyee: RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/08/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BritishColumbiaAssemblyofFirstNations #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #BCProsecutionService #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety #Cst.ArthurDalman #LilySpeed-Namox #VirginiaPierre #Wet’suwet’en #Gitxsan
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For years, #Gitxsan #artist #MichelleStoney has #created #art inspired by her #culture & #heritage , including jewelry, drums, graphic design, paintings and murals.
Now, she's #released a #DeckOfCards featuring Gitxsan imagery.https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782395
#Canada #IndigenousArt #FirstNations #NorthernBC #NativeArt #BritishColumbia #CoastalBC #FirstPeoples #Indigenous #FirstNationsArt #CulturalArt #TraditionalInspired #PlayingCards #NativeArtists #NativeCanadian #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia
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For years, #Gitxsan #artist #MichelleStoney has #created #art inspired by her #culture & #heritage , including jewelry, drums, graphic design, paintings and murals.
Now, she's #released a #DeckOfCards featuring Gitxsan imagery.https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782395
#Canada #IndigenousArt #FirstNations #NorthernBC #NativeArt #BritishColumbia #CoastalBC #FirstPeoples #Indigenous #FirstNationsArt #CulturalArt #TraditionalInspired #PlayingCards #NativeArtists #NativeCanadian #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia
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For years, #Gitxsan #artist #MichelleStoney has #created #art inspired by her #culture & #heritage , including jewelry, drums, graphic design, paintings and murals.
Now, she's #released a #DeckOfCards featuring Gitxsan imagery.https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782395
#Canada #IndigenousArt #FirstNations #NorthernBC #NativeArt #BritishColumbia #CoastalBC #FirstPeoples #Indigenous #FirstNationsArt #CulturalArt #TraditionalInspired #PlayingCards #NativeArtists #NativeCanadian #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia
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For years, #Gitxsan #artist #MichelleStoney has #created #art inspired by her #culture & #heritage , including jewelry, drums, graphic design, paintings and murals.
Now, she's #released a #DeckOfCards featuring Gitxsan imagery.https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782395
#Canada #IndigenousArt #FirstNations #NorthernBC #NativeArt #BritishColumbia #CoastalBC #FirstPeoples #Indigenous #FirstNationsArt #CulturalArt #TraditionalInspired #PlayingCards #NativeArtists #NativeCanadian #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia
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There were hugs and cheers in a packed #Hazelton #courthouse on Thursday as a #BritishColumbia #judge #granted #PermanentCustody to the #family of a #Gitxsan #child whose fate has been up in the air until now.
"I was so relieved it's all finally over, our Gitxsan princess can finally have certainty," said the girl's auntie, whom the #CBC is not identifying to #protect the child's identity.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gitxsan-family-wins-custody-of-child-in-controversial-case-1.6781692#GoodNews #Indigenous #FirstNation #ChildCustody #CourtVictory #Reunited #justice
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There were hugs and cheers in a packed #Hazelton #courthouse on Thursday as a #BritishColumbia #judge #granted #PermanentCustody to the #family of a #Gitxsan #child whose fate has been up in the air until now.
"I was so relieved it's all finally over, our Gitxsan princess can finally have certainty," said the girl's auntie, whom the #CBC is not identifying to #protect the child's identity.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gitxsan-family-wins-custody-of-child-in-controversial-case-1.6781692#GoodNews #Indigenous #FirstNation #ChildCustody #CourtVictory #Reunited #justice
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There were hugs and cheers in a packed #Hazelton #courthouse on Thursday as a #BritishColumbia #judge #granted #PermanentCustody to the #family of a #Gitxsan #child whose fate has been up in the air until now.
"I was so relieved it's all finally over, our Gitxsan princess can finally have certainty," said the girl's auntie, whom the #CBC is not identifying to #protect the child's identity.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gitxsan-family-wins-custody-of-child-in-controversial-case-1.6781692#GoodNews #Indigenous #FirstNation #ChildCustody #CourtVictory #Reunited #justice
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There were hugs and cheers in a packed #Hazelton #courthouse on Thursday as a #BritishColumbia #judge #granted #PermanentCustody to the #family of a #Gitxsan #child whose fate has been up in the air until now.
"I was so relieved it's all finally over, our Gitxsan princess can finally have certainty," said the girl's auntie, whom the #CBC is not identifying to #protect the child's identity.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gitxsan-family-wins-custody-of-child-in-controversial-case-1.6781692#GoodNews #Indigenous #FirstNation #ChildCustody #CourtVictory #Reunited #justice
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The #chiefs , in their written decision, say relying on #injunctions & #CIRG , which is active across #BritishColumbia "to wipe out the #freedom of the #Gitxsan to their way of life is not #justifiable " under Canada's #Constitution .
"#Militarized #aggression against the Gitxsan people is reserved for the #Parliament of #Canada to order — if authorized under the #Federal #EmergenciesAct " said the decision by Gitxsan #Huwilp #Government.
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The #chiefs , in their written decision, say relying on #injunctions & #CIRG , which is active across #BritishColumbia "to wipe out the #freedom of the #Gitxsan to their way of life is not #justifiable " under Canada's #Constitution .
"#Militarized #aggression against the Gitxsan people is reserved for the #Parliament of #Canada to order — if authorized under the #Federal #EmergenciesAct " said the decision by Gitxsan #Huwilp #Government.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6781287
