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DoomsdaysCW<p>TY to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@PhoenixSerenity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> blockade </p><p>Chief invoked <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetsuweten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLaw</span></a> because doing so breached a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefDtsahyl</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoPipelines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UncededNativeLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncededNativeLand</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeLandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeLandDefenders</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLeader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLeader</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consent</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>* <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> is still a fucking <a href="https://beige.party/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> corporation. 🤬</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wetsuweten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wetsuweten</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HereditaryChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HereditaryChief</span></a> will serve a 60-day jail sentence under house arrest for disrupting <a href="https://beige.party/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> construction through Wet'suwet'en traditional territory in northern <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> in October 2021.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChiefDtsahyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefDtsahyl</span></a>, also known as Adam Gagnon, was convicted of criminal contempt for publicly and willfully defying a court order to stay away from Coastal GasLink's pipeline construction.</p><p>According to the judgment, Chief Dtsa'hyl appeared in social media videos and called the court injunction obtained by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CoastalGasLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalGasLink</span></a> "bogus as hell" because the Wet'suwet'en owned and had <a href="https://beige.party/tags/jurisdiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jurisdiction</span></a> over the territory through which the pipeline was being built. </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>The court heard that Chief Dtsa'hyl is 68 years old and has recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 lymphoma. </p><p>Character references submitted to the court describe him as a loving, supportive, compassionate and courageous man.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7251161" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbc.ca/amp/1.7251161</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/UNDRIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNDRIP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landback</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNewDeathParty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDPEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDPEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDPisKillingUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDPisKillingUs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialExploition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialExploition</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UncededNativeLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncededNativeLand</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeLandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeLandDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousLeader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLeader</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GovernmentCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KKKanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKKanada</span></a></p>