DoomsdaysCW<p>TY to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@PhoenixSerenity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PhoenixSerenity</span></a></span> for making me aware of this news.</p><p>B.C. hereditary chief gets house arrest for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> blockade </p><p>Chief invoked <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetsuweten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetsuweten</span></a> law for protecting land and water against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoastalGasLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalGasLink</span></a> </p><p>by Betsy Trumpener · CBC News<br>Posted: Jul 03, 2024 9:23</p><p>"Chief Dtsa'hyl testified that as a leader, he had a duty to protect Wet'suwet'en land, water, burial sites, and historic trails from the degradation of pipeline construction. He said his actions against Coastal GasLink upheld the traditional Wet'suwet'en law of trespass. </p><p>"During the sentencing hearing this week, defence lawyer Rebecca McConchie said the chief's actions needed to be understood in the context of 'the oppression of Wet'suwet'en people in colonial history and the ongoing issues with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UncededLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UncededLand</span></a>.'</p><p>"The defence said the criminal contempt case punished the chief 'for upholding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLaw</span></a> because doing so breached a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> court order.'</p><p>"The judge acknowledged that questions around the rights and title of unceded <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> territory, as well as how industrial projects consult with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a>, remain unresolved."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wetsuweten-hereditary-chief-coastal-gaslink-1.7251161" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col</span><span class="invisible">umbia/wetsuweten-hereditary-chief-coastal-gaslink-1.7251161</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChiefDtsahyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefDtsahyl</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoPipelines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UncededNativeLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UncededNativeLand</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeLandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeLandDefenders</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLeader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLeader</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consent</span></a></p>