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A look at the conflict in the Wet’suwet’en Nation

In early 2020, solidarity actions took place in support of hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline crossing their traditional territory in northwestern B.C.

This page is a collection of stories from APTN News to give you a deeper understanding of the ongoing conflict.

 

 

The Delgamuukw decision

The conflict between the Wet’suwet’en Nation, the government and Coastal Gaslink didn’t happen overnight. They’ve been fighting for ownership of their language, culture and land since the day colonizers stepped foot on their territory.

APTN News is produced three stories that help fill in the gaps of how we got to where we are today.
 

DELGAMUUKW

Part 1 | Putting the Wet’suwet’en conflict in perspective

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Satsan sat around the fire at a blockade at Sam Green Creek on the Babine River in the 1980s… Read more.


DELGAMUUKW

Part 2 | Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan rights suffer a setback in B.C. court

In a small Vancouver apartment, Yagalahl pored over transcripts into the morning hours, scribbling, making corrections, copying… Read more.


DELGAMUUKW

Part 3 | When the ‘invisible people’ won recognition

The tears eventually dried after B.C. Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en nations did not own or have jurisdiction over their traditional territories… Read more.


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