From the Frontlines of the Wet’suwet’en Struggle

From Broadview magazine
TOPICS:JUSTICE | OPINION

I gained a spiritual understanding through people's stories about what this territory means to them

By Natalie Maxson

February 19, 2020

It was dark when we arrived at the Gidimt’en camp outside Houston, B.C., with a trunk full of groceries and winter camping gear for everyone to share. My colleague and I were volunteers with Christian Peacemaker Teams, and had travelled to the site at the 27-kilometre mark along Morice West Forest Service Road in response to a call from Wet’suwet’en leaders for legal observers. It was evening in early February, and the camp was lit with the glow of a bonfire. The sound of people chopping firewood filled the air. 

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