Unist'ot'en camp continues to resist pipelines, work crews and the RCMP as tensions rise

For six years, the Unist'ot'en clan has maintained a camp to guard their traditional territory in what the Canadian State claims as northern "British Columbia."

The camp is located in a valley where several proposed fracked gas and tar sands oil pipelines would pass, and the camp's presence has thus far impeded their construction.

The Unist'ot'en are part of the Wet'suwet'en people, who occupy a large swath of unceded territory, whose aboriginal title has never been extinguished, and has even been affirmed by colonial Canadian courts.

Starting last year, the Unist'ot'en have escorted several pipeline work crews off their land and they've maintained a checkpoint on the one bridge entering the area.

In the past few weeks, the situation has gotten increasingly tense, with a massive influx of Canadian "law enforcement" and fears of an imminent raid.

KBOO's Paul Roland spoke by phone with Zoe Blunt, an activist with the Forest Action Network in Victoria, B.C., and organizer of numerous support caravans to the Unist'ot'en Camp.

For more information and to get involved:

http://unistotencamp.com/
http://forestaction.wikidot.com/