All Out for Wedzin Kwa: Oct 9-15 Week of Action

For years, the Wet'suwet'en have defended their territory against repeated incursions from industry and the RCMP. In 2020, an invasion by heavily militarized RCMP tactical teams sparked the largest Indigenous-led uprising since the Oka crisis, carried out under the banner of #ShutDownCanada. This was a watershed moment in the history of resistance to the settler-colonial Canadian state, and one that built off earlier movements like Idle No More and years of militant land defense from Miꞌkmaꞌki to Secwepemc and Coast Salish territories. This battle is once again heating up. On September 25th, members of the Cas Yikh house of the Gidimt’en clan occupied the site of a proposed drill pad on their territory, shutting down construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline just as tunneling was slated to begin under the Wedzin Kwa. This river is the lifeline of the entire Wet'suwet'en nation, providing the territory with Salmon and clean drinking water. Gidimt'en clan members have long made it cl