http://raventrust.com/join-the-circle-no-site-c/

Rob Smith has Defiance: The story of Freda Huson. 

She’s so determined to stop a pipeline from crossing her clan’s traditional territory, she’s built her home right on the GPS co-ordinates of Chevron’s proposed Pacific Trail pipeline. Huson believes she’s going to halt big business in their tracks.

http://aptn.ca/news/2016/02/05/aptn-investigates-defiance/

“Our people have a deep connection with this land because our ancestors told the stories and legends that are connected to that valley.” -- Chief Liz Logan, Treaty 8 Tribal Association, testifying before the environmental impact assessment of the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam.

link to Amnesty International letter and petition

from Unist'ot'en Camp:

PLEASE SHARE!! It's been a tumultuous 36 hours here at Unist'ot'en Camp. Our friends at Lelu Island, Madii Lii, and at Site C have all being sorting through political events that have been unfolding around our perfectly legal and legitimate stances against unwanted industrial giga projects. Projects which are threatening our existence as well as the collective existence of all those who depend on potable waters and healthy foods which come from healthy environments. Firstly, we witnessed BC’s Premier Christy Clark travel to Ottawa with her entourage of elected Indigenous officials who willing sell out lands and rights which belong to the larger collective groups of their people. She returned from that emergency meeting feeling bolstered that her frack dreams will not be hindered by Trudeau’s new oil and gas infrastructure regulations. 36 hours ago we heard rumors that she and Trudeau are feeling confident enough about the Bitumen and Frack plans to begin plans to take down the Resistance camps which stand in the way of the ill planned, dangerous, and unfeasible giga-projects. Rumors are that they may want to serve some form of injunction to the camps and accompany them with reasons for immediate arrests. 

Over the last 24 hours we are learning about an interesting development around RCMP tactical training in and around the town of Kitimat. http://cfnrfm.ca/rcmp-training-in-kitimat/ 

We've also just learned that under Justin Trudeau's approval the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has just released its draft report for the Pacific Northwest LNG project for Lelu Island.
http://www.thenorthernview.com/news/368403011.html… 

There has been a constant optimism amongst those of us who have remained active on these frontlines. That optimism comes from good people like you who have shown us unconditional support since day one of our occupations. We thank you all for that and are asking for your continued vigilance and support through these uncertain times. The Fascism that has revealed itself may attempt to begin ruling with an iron fist. It may be up to good people to oust the tyrants who wield the weapons of injustice for their corporate overlords. It is WE who wield the true power. Collectively we have all awoken from our slumber only to reveal a desperate time for all life forms on this ravaged Earth. Together we can all make it known that this chaos will not continue. It must and will be stopped.

From Rocky Mtn Fort Camp:

"We are raising funds for upcoming projected court legal and legal team battles for the dedicated Rocky Mountain Fort Campers from January 1, 2016 who are willing to be arrested to protect the Peace Valley from further destruction.
We are up against a big Corporation - BC Hydro and government opposing no more of lifetime destruction of the Peace Valley - Peace River & Moberly River. We did not consent to this massive destruction and it is an insult to destroy when there are 5 court cases pending both federal and provincially supreme courts. Thus far they had destroyed forever Eagle's nests, Beaver Dams, many other birds nests and animal dens, timber and changed the landscaping of this region.
-this massive destruction  must be stop or temporary stopped until all 5 court cases are settled.
-And for a complete BC Utilities Commission Report to be conducted and completed. 

We are standing true north and free to Save the Peace Valley. 
Landowners & ranchers & farmers have a lot to lose-their homes, farms and agricultural, if this destruction continues.

Dedicated Rocky Mountain Fort Campers in solidarity are: Treaty 8 Stewards of Land, Treaty 8 members-Elders & youths, Peace Valley Landowners  and others who did not consent to this mega dam project- Dr David Suzuki and UCIBC-Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, and numerous entities and groups. 
Our goal is to continue to protect the Boreal forest all its habitats and environmental benefits we need as humans. It had old growth trees and historical value.

Click here to donate.

All donations accepted will be for legal expenses.
▪Email transfers are not accepted at this time -only go fund me app.▪
■On behalf of the Rocky Mountain Fort Campers thank you. 
▪join our social media champaign as well" 

"Luutkudziiwus is a House Group of the Gitxsan Nation. We continue to use and occupy our traditional Madii Lii territory as we have since time immemorial. 

We are guided by Gwalx Yee’insxw, the most sacred of Gitxsan obligations and responsibilities. Gwalx Yee’insxw is grounded in principles that encompass our ancestral inheritance handed down through generations. This inheritance – the land, rivers, mountains; all life on the land, in the air, and in the waters; our history and culture; our spiritual areas and sites; the tangible and the intangible – is passed from one generation to the next, never extinguishing or diminishing in value. 

We are stopping development proposed for our territories that attempts to exploit our resources, as well as that which directly or indirectly continues the colonization of our House members and culture. Currently, this means we have closed 32 km of our Madii Lii territory to TransCanada's proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) fracked gas pipeline. A permanent Madii Lii home place has been built and a gate erected to control access to the territory. 

Luutkudziiwus plans include community-based cultural revitalization programs for First Nation family and friends, as well as providing opportunities for non FNs to take part in our culture and traditions in order that we may all build a better world. We value your continued support  in our efforts to decolonize, sustain social justice, protect our environment, and slow down climate change by helping to stop fracking and pipelines." 

Hamiiya (with gratitude),

Wilp Luutkudziiwus

More here: Madii Lii

Facebook event link here: Lelu Island fundraiser in Vancouver

The proposed Petronas LNG development on Lax U'u'la (Lelu Island) and Flora Bank, part of the Skeena River estuary near Prince Rupert, will certainly fail. The struggle is being fought out on many fronts--legal, political, scientific, cultural, economic, in the media, out on the land and out on the water--by a coordinated and determined group of Tsimshians who will never back down or be bought off. The resistence is being led by the Gitwilgyoots, with the support of the Allied Tribes of Lax Kw'alaams, other Tsimshians from Harley Bay to Metlakatla to Kitsumkalum, Gitxsan and Wet'sutwet'en hereditary chiefs, crews with Haida, Babine, Tahltan, Nisga'a, Haisla and people from all over. According to an insider at the B.C. Premier's office, Christie Clark is "shitting her pants" over the situation. Petronas is on the verge of cancelling the project.

Please join us for a discussion of on-the-ground-and-water aspects of the resistance with defenders from the camp. The event will be of special interest to people wanting to visit the island and join in direct but disciplined tactical responses to aggression by Petronas contractors and who have respect for the Tsimshian hereditary system. We will also screen the new short film "A Last Stand for Lelu" (https://vimeo.com/152232324).

Donations to help pay for the costs of fuel, one of our main ongoing expenses, are appreciated. Note that seating is very limited.

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Premier Christy Clark and Jessica Macdonald (BC Hydro),

For several weeks, Treaty 8 First Nation members have peacefully occupied a winter camp not far from where BC Hydro is preparing to build the Site C dam on the Peace River.

On January 18, Treaty 8 Stewards of the Land, with the support of others who have also occupied the camp, formally called on the federal and provincial governments to suspend approvals for dam construction so that issues of fundamental concern to Treaty 8 Stewards of the Land and many others could be answered prior to any further work commencing.

We asked for:

• A temporary suspension of all construction and land-clearing operations related to the Site C dam project until court challenges initiated by First Nations and local landowners who are opposed to the project are finally determined.
• The federal government to temporarily suspend all federal Site C dam project approvals and the issuance of any future permits pending an expedited, open and transparent federal review of the infringement of Constitutionally protected Treaty 8 rights by the Site C dam.
• The provincial government to temporarily suspend all construction work at the Site C dam site pending an independent review by the BC Utilities Commission of the Site C dam project, with full procedural safeguards, as recommended by the federal/provincial Joint Review Panel and many others.

Just prior to issuing that statement, we were formally approached by BC Hydro officials inviting us to meet with them to discuss our concerns. We were asked by BC Hydro to identify whom we wished to speak to, and when and where we wished to discuss our concerns.

After giving all of you time to consider our three-point plan to protect Treaty 8 lands that would be flooded by the Site C dam, we respectfully request a meeting with each of you or a senior designate to discuss this serious matter and to hear your formal responses.

We believe that a meeting held at a mutually agreeable and convenient location in Vancouver in the near future makes sense. We respectfully ask that that meeting involve Treaty 8Stewards of the Land members along other key First Nation leaders we invite to attend.

We formally invite each of you to be at the meeting. If you are unable to attend, we ask that you appoint appropriate senior designates to attend in your absence. In the case of federal and provincial government designates, we respectfully request that if the Prime Minister and/or Premier are unable to attend that an appropriate Cabinet minister and his or her deputy attend in your place.

As a sign of good faith, we request that until such a meeting takes place any actions contemplated by BC Hydro and/or the provincial government to remove Treaty 8 First Nation members and our supporters peacefully occupying the winter camp near the construction zone for the Site C dam be halted.

Facebook Fundraiser here:
Writing for the Frontlines--Treaty 8 Rocky Mtn Fort Stewards of the Land Fundraiser

"[Indigenous people] were guaranteed in the treaties that they would be able to live the way they want to live as long as the sun shines, the wind blows and the rivers flow," said Suzuki.

"They trusted us and believed us, and to this day this is all indigenous leaders tell me, we just want Canada to live up to what they say."

Read/hear more here: David Suzuki on Site C

Link: The defiance of Freda Huson. APTN

'Take Me To The Water " on PeaceFM.CA tonight live at 9 pm MST tonight and hear the interviews with Helen Knott and David Suzuki which were done down at Rocky Mtn Fort..hope you enjoy and mark your support for the program on our FB site....and here is the three-part show:  https://www.mixcloud.com/wate…/playlists/on-the-river-front/

link to : PG protest planned for Site C job fair

Lelu Island Declaration

The undersigned First Nation leaders and citizens of the Nine Allied Tribes of Lax Kw’alaams hereby declare that Lelu Island, and Flora and Agnew Banks are hereby protected for all time, as a refuge for wild salmon and marine resources, and are to be held in trust for all future generations.

Our ancestral knowledge, supported by modern science, confirms this area is critical to the future abundance of the wild salmon our communities rely on. It is our right and our responsibility as First Nations to protect and defend this place. It is our right to use this area without interference to harvest salmon and marine resources for our sustenance, and commercially in support of our livelihoods.

We hereby extend an invitation to all First Nations, the governments of Canada and British Columbia, and all communities that depend on the health of Lelu Island, Flora and Agnew Banks and the Skeena River estuary, to join us in defending this unique and precious place, and to protect it for all time.

Signed, on this day January 23, 2016, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.

The "Protection" of Lelu Island, Flora and Agnew Banks is specific to industrial development and is not designed to curtail traditional or historic indigenous and non indigenous food gathering and harvesting in the area. Commercial and recreational fishing, berry picking and other food gathering activities will continue.