Wet’suwet’en Nation Land Defenders
Fighting to protect their ancestral lands, and our planet
Canada
Wet’suwet’en Nation Land Defenders
Fighting to protect
their ancestral
lands, and our planet
Canada
The Wetʼsuwetʼen Nation are deeply connected to their ancestral lands, but this is threatened by the construction of a fossil fuel pipeline through their territory.
Their Hereditary Chiefs did not consent to this construction. Indigenous land defenders and their allies are being criminalized for protecting Wet’suwet’en territory against pipeline construction. They could face prison and a criminal record.
Land defenders have been charged for blocking pipeline construction sites, even though these sites are on their ancestral lands.
Protecting your ancestral lands is not a crime.
take action
Call on Canada to stop criminalizing Wet’suwet’en and other Indigenous land defenders
1) Write a letter for Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders (sample letter)
2) Write a solidarity note to the Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders (case sheet)