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Kikadee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@dillyd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dillyd</span></a></span> 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.</p><p>[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 &amp; was killed. In despair she drowned herself. The crest is indeed a mother holding her child. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@dillyd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dillyd</span></a></span> was correct.]</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gitxsan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitxsan</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>As winter looms, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gitxsan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitxsan</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gitanyow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitanyow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> shows no sign of slowing</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a> continue to organize against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PRGT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PRGT</span></a> as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review starting this week [Nov 27, 2024]</p><p>"[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.'</p><p>By Mike Graeme, November 27, 2024 </p><p>"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. </p><p>"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.</p><p>"In these territories of northwestern 'B.C.,' temperatures can be unforgiving, with lows known to drop to -30 C or colder at night. </p><p>"'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.'"</p><p><a href="https://indiginews.com/features/winter-looms-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-pipeline-resistance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indiginews.com/features/winter</span><span class="invisible">-looms-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-pipeline-resistance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineBlockade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineBlockade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PRGTPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PRGTPipeline</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/SQUAMISH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SQUAMISH</span></a> - Tonight!</p><p>An Evening with <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a> - Friday, Sept 13</p><p>Join an evening with land defenders from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wetsuweten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetsuweten</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Gitxsan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitxsan</span></a>, and other <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a>, who will be in Squamish to share their community’s experience with the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CoastalGasLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalGasLink</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> and the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNG</span></a> export facility in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Kitimat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kitimat</span></a>, B.C., and who are now fighting the proposed <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PrinceRupert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceRupert</span></a> Gas Transmission line. This is an opportunity for community members to learn about the potential social and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> impacts of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FortisBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortisBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EagleMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EagleMountain</span></a> pipeline and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WoodfibreLNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoodfibreLNG</span></a> 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.)</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-land-defenders-in-squamish-registration-1001064971277" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi</span><span class="invisible">th-land-defenders-in-squamish-registration-1001064971277</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeLand</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UNDRIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNDRIP</span></a></p>
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PhoenixSerenity<p>For years, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Gitxsan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitxsan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MichelleStoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleStoney</span></a> has <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/created" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>created</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> inspired by her <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heritage</span></a> ,&nbsp;including jewelry, drums, graphic design, paintings and murals.&nbsp;<br>Now, she's <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/released" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>released</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DeckOfCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeckOfCards</span></a> featuring Gitxsan imagery.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782395" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbc.ca/amp/1.6782395</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NorthernBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NativeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CoastalBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNationsArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNationsArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CulturalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TraditionalInspired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalInspired</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PlayingCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlayingCards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NativeArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeArtists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NativeCanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeCanadian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>There were hugs and cheers in a packed <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Hazelton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hazelton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/courthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courthouse</span></a> on Thursday&nbsp;as a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/granted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>granted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PermanentCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PermanentCustody</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> of a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Gitxsan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitxsan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> whose fate has been up in the air until now.<br>"I was so relieved it's all finally over, our Gitxsan princess can finally have certainty," said the girl's auntie, whom the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> is not identifying to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> the child's&nbsp;identity.<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gitxsan-family-wins-custody-of-child-in-controversial-case-1.6781692" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col</span><span class="invisible">umbia/gitxsan-family-wins-custody-of-child-in-controversial-case-1.6781692</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ChildCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildCustody</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CourtVictory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtVictory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Reunited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reunited</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/chiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiefs</span></a> , in their written decision,&nbsp;say relying on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/injunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injunctions</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CIRG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIRG</span></a> , which is active across <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> "to wipe out the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Gitxsan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitxsan</span></a> to their way of life is not <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/justifiable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justifiable</span></a> " under Canada's <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> .</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Militarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Militarized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/aggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aggression</span></a> against the Gitxsan people is reserved for the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parliament</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> to order — if authorized under the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EmergenciesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmergenciesAct</span></a> " said&nbsp;the decision by Gitxsan <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Huwilp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huwilp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6781287" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbc.ca/amp/1.6781287</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCMP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>“Where was the protection for Dale?” Debbie Pierre, Culver’s cousin, asked. “Where was the protection for his children, his families, the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Gitxsan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitxsan</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Wetsuweten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetsuweten</span></a> Nation?”</p><p>Culver died July 18, 2017, during an altercation with police. Last month, the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BCProsecutionService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCProsecutionService</span></a>&nbsp;announced&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/manslaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manslaughter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/charges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>charges</span></a> against two <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PrinceGeorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceGeorge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCMP</span></a> officers related to his death.</p><p><a href="https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/14/Delayed-Hearings-RCMP-Officer-Manslaughter/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/14/Del</span><span class="invisible">ayed-Hearings-RCMP-Officer-Manslaughter/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DefundRCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundRCMP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CriminalCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalCops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>