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How are you feeling, Freda?

Ready, ready, ready.

Ready, ready, ready.

Unist'ot'en have never lost a fight.

We're ready.

I'm warning you, by blocking this roadway

and preventing access to this forest service road,

you are in breach of the Supreme Court…

If you continue to breach this order you will be arrested.

By not moving I confirm that you understand

you will be arrested.

Get away from that gate!

You don't have consent to enter our territory.

You are invaders!

This is Witsuwit'en territory.

The Witsuwit'en have never surrendered our land.

We take care of the land with our own laws.

Go ahead.

All you have to do is hit that wire on top.

How come you're afraid of it,

it's not gonna hurt you.

It's just gonna hit the stick.

Here we go.

Grab these.

Pull 'em together at the same time

and then squish your hand shut.

Almost there.

There.

Got it.

Did I hook your gloves?

- Okay. - Nope.

So now it should be able to come out.

It's pretty fresh.

It's fairly warm.

So how many did you say were here? Eight?

Two down, six to go.

I grew up on these lands from a very young age.

We'd either be hunting, fishing, or camping.

I had a grandma that lived to be 113

that taught my parents and my aunties,

who in turn taught us.

There's five different clans

across 22,000 square kilometers.

And every one of us are connected by the river.

Unist'ot'en belongs to the overall C'ilhts'ëkhyu clan.

And then there's Likhts'amisyu,

who's our neighbors up that way.

Tsayu neighbors that way.

Gidimt'en across the bridge.

And Likhsilyu territory.

So this is Unist'ot'en territory.

Only the Unist'ot'en chiefs and our members

are the only ones that can decide what we allow

and what we don't allow on these territories.

Who are you?

I'm with Chevron,

representing the Pacific Trail Pipeline Project,

and we're requesting access to the territory here today

so that Witsuwitʼen people can work

and see the benefits from our project.

You do know that you guys haven't received consent

from the true territory holder.

You think you've got permission

by signing these partnership deals with other First Nations

who don't have authority

to say these projects can come here.

Freda, we'd like to work with you on this project.

I'm inviting you to work with us on this project.

You're trying to convince us to give up our way of life

so that you can reap the benefits.

I'm not protesting, I'm not demonstrating,

I am occupying our homelands.

These are ours, we decide what happens here.

Sorry to hear you feel that way.

We brought you an offering.

- We've left some water, some tobacco. - No, thanks.

We got clean water right there, that's what we drink.

You could take your water.

'Cause we don't want that.

The checkpoint's like a border for Unist'ot'en territory.

We monitor everybody that comes in,

whether you be industry or individuals.

Couple years ago we found out their pipelines

were proposing to come through here.

Fuck.

We're finding the pipelines were sneaking in

when nobody was here.

Can you talk for a minute?

Open your door and have a talk with us.

So we decided

that somebody has to be permanently out there

in order to watch it so that they don't get in.

So we put a cabin right en route to their project

and I made a choice to leave my job and come move out here

and monitor the lands.

This is a proposed corridor

for multiple pipeline projects.

The pipelines would stretch

over a thousand kilometers,

crossing hundreds of creeks and streams.

But first it has to cross a lot of First Nations territory

and go through dozens of communities.

Clearly, the Canadian oil picture has changed dramatically.

In fact, I would say the North American picture

has changed significantly.

It's based on the fact that we've been endowed

with the third largest resources of oil in the world.

And clearly,

the countries around the world are looking at us.

How we perform in that spotlight

is absolutely critical to earning both the public permission here,

but global recognition elsewhere.

Pipelines break,

break of the pipelines would destroy the water

and everything in it.

They can go ahead and try

and put their project through here.

They'll be considered trespassers

and we'll enforce Witsuwitʼen law.

You bring any equipment on here, it's gonna belong to us.

You'll be walking out.

You wanna color the lake?

- Uh-huh. - Okay.

Okay, here's the lake.

- Should we put dik'iy in there too? - Uh-huh.

Let's put dik'iy.

This dik'iy.

Say "anïh dik'iy."

Anïh dik'iy.

I have cue cards

of different things in Witsuwitʼen.

And so I've put them up around the house as much as we can

to learn new words.

Some of them I skim over because it's pretty tough.

There you go, Liam.

I used to wanna be a lawyer,

and I was on my way to law school

and I was gonna have like a Lexus

and a big house with a white picket fence.

And that was like my goal in life.

Now my life's the total opposite.

I won't accept jobs

because I wanna be able to be up on the territory,

stuff like that, so.

When I first met Molly,

she recommended this book for me to read.

So I actually read the whole thing and took notes on it.

That was the only book

that I read the whole time I was at university.

Yeah, he did it

just to woo me and it worked.

Aw, and this is my friend Chrissy who just passed away.

How did she pass?

She committed suicide

just about a month ago.

She was Unist'ot'en actually.

And so she just passed away and she had two little boys.

If I look at like how many people in my family have died,

or how many people that I know have committed suicide,

we're still being exterminated.

We're still being killed and the effects are very real.

And so it's just like a silent war

to the rest of the world that we're battling out.

So, yeah, I feel like we are at war.

This whole fight is based on protecting Widzin Kwah

as our drinking water source, as our salmon bearing river.

The ancestors said we are the land and the land is us.

And when you are living on the land, when the things that you consume

are coming from the land

that becomes part of you.

Well, over the years,

more and more of the land was being leased

or given out by the government.

And 30 years ago,

the Gitxsan and Witsuwitʼen join forces

to take the government to court

to prove that they've never ceded

or surrendered 22,000 square kilometers

of Witsuwitʼen territory.

The community fund raised

and the chiefs went to the Supreme Court in Ottawa,

spoke about what they knew about their history

and their territory and they won that court case.

In a sweeping judgment,

yesterday's landmark ruling by the high court redefined

the rights of Native people to their ancestral lands.

It is nothing ambiguous.

It is not about just hunting or picking berries or those,

it is title to the land,

which is what you were fighting for ever since this case started.

TransCanada signed a deal

to build another major pipeline in British Columbia.

The 260 kilometer Merrick Mainline

would link natural gas

from Dawson Creek to the Pacific Trail Pipeline

where it would connect

to a proposed liquified natural gas facility…

I don't believe the government respects

the Delgamuukw decision

because they continue to steal the land

and push their projects through whether we agree with them or not.

For every industry that does pipes,

they have man camps to house their people in.

If you go to any community that has man camps,

violence and criminal activity is gonna increase

and the women are victimized.

The authorities that are supposed to be there

for protection

turn a blind eye when it's Indigenous women.

The little crumbs they throw to our bands

from all the resources they steal off our land

is not enough to help heal our people.

Who's that on the wall?

That's my daughter.

The one that I lost 11 years ago.

So I get to look at her every morning when I get up.

It was exactly the day after 9/11.

She was riding with some friends, just going to a movie

and she passed away in a car accident.

She was a lot like me.

She was one of the ones that would get her hands dirty

and wanna get involved.

My belief is if she was here,

she would probably be helping me with this fight.

Who are you?

My name's.

And what are you doing here?

We're just from Coastal GasLink.

We're doing non-invasive testing.

Is this Canadian helicopter, or whose company is this?

It's Canadian helicopter.

- There's a written letter. - Okay.

Not to access this territory, you can take that.

Thank you.

Our territory goes all the way

to the two lakes over there.

Morice River, all the way to Chisholm Road, 29 kilometer.

And this mountain range belongs to Unist'ot'en.

And the company has already been told,

you don't have permission to be here,

so I'm gonna ask you guys to leave.

You can't do no work, I don't care if it's non-invasive.

We didn't authorize that work.

Okay, so?

So right now you guys are trespassing.

Who's the pilot of this chopper?

How far back do we need to be before you can fire that up?

Yeah, at least 50 feet.

So we're gonna move back the 50 feet.

I want you guys to leave.

Right across Canada, everybody's fighting

for their land, "Yintah."

"Nïdo," the white people, they call it "territory."

Everybody has a name for it.

We call it "Yintah."

Brian, what do you guys call it?

"Nuh neneh."

We call our territory "nuh neneh."

It means our backbone, it means our land.

You can't exist without your backbone.

What we're trying to do here is revitalize the occupying of our lands

and try and encourage our younger generations

to start moving back.

We want to start a healing center out here

on our territory.

I think all of us recognize in our community

that there's a lot of pain and healing that needs to happen.

So we're designing a camp

that is actually going to foster

those aspects of resilience.

What do you think, my girl?

Looks pretty good?

I started smoking at an early age, like ten years old,

and then that turned into alcohol and drugs.

I would only go home once a week just to shower,

grab some clothing and then I would be out again.

And being here,

just being with my people,

getting closer to the land,

Feels like I'm renewing my spirit.

Our goal here

is we're gonna put the Indian back in our children,

and make them be proud to be Witsuwitʼen.

So that's why we're desperately trying to hang on

to our territory.

Bull.

Just gonna go get my knife.

Good job right there.

Okay, hold him there and I gotta start skinning.

All you're doing is pulling it

and the part that stretches, that's where you are cutting, see?

That's how you learn, boy!

You stand by and watch them.

That's how you learn how to skin!

See that sternum? You can feel it right in there.

Right there, right there.

Run your finger up it.

Now you're gonna be a hunter.

Next.

Fill it right up,

with everything.

Good job.

Not bad, eh?

I'm gonna wipe this on you if you don't mind.

We have to really look at the historical framework

that led us to this point.

The founding fathers of this country

were thieves and murderers.

Their mandate was to annihilate us.

And they couldn't do it,

so they trained us to annihilate ourselves

and that's where we are today.

So it's a big illusion that's been created

that people have to unlearn what they've learned.

Growing up, I didn't really have an understanding

about being Witsuwitʼen.

My mother was a victim of the Sixties Scoop.

Her and her siblings were taken away

and placed into white foster homes.

My grandparents both went

to the Lejac Indian Residential School.

Whole generations of children

were taken from their families.

My uncle used to walk all the way along the train tracks,

hundreds of kilometers away

and walk all the way back home.

And when he got home,

the Indian agents and the police were there

to take him back to residential school.

A couple years ago, they found over 200 unmarked graves

at the Kamloops Residential School.

They were places of genocide.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us…

The only thing that was passed on

was abuse and dysfunction.

Holy Mary, mother of God.

I discovered all of that as an adult.

For us to move to the cabin now

was to get us off of the treadmill

of working from Monday to Friday.

And if we want a different way of life for our son,

we have to raise him differently.

This is a generational struggle

and we need to prepare for a generational struggle.

This is unceded Unist'ot'en territory.

You do not have jurisdiction to walk in here.

Yes, I do.

What's going on?

Do you understand?

I need you to move so I can speak to Freda.

You're a representative of the government of Canada.

You guys don't have permission to come across here.

We can go back over there and talk by your vehicle.

Is there a problem?

No, no, not at all.

We're just for here dialogue, we want to talk.

My purpose is to come and have a chat with you,

introduce myself.

Okay.

I don't like whoever this gentleman is,

stepping in front of me.

Well, we have a sign there and it says "honk and wait."

People don't just freely walk in,

'cause we're blocking pipelines out.

We're not blocking everybody out.

- I'm not a pipeline though, right? - Yeah, I know.

I don't work for a pipeline company, I work for the RCMP.

You guys can lawfully express your concerns

about industry's attempt to get in here.

My concern as the detachment commander, of course,

is the safety of the work crews that are in here

or in the area and making sure that they feel safe

and they're able to do their work.

So we're trying to balance those two...

It sounds like you said you're worried about their safety.

No.

We're not the ones being aggressive here, they are.

Well, legally, from my perspective,

if I'm walking on a highway and I need to get...

Do you have some documentation

that proves this is a public road?

Um…

You prove to us how you think you own this land,

'cause we know we own it,

we knew for hundreds of years that this is ours.

That's not our function.

- We don't... - I'm just educating you...

Yeah, I mean, I'm certainly intrigued.

And we're listening and that's what's good about this.

I'm certainly intrigued to hear your perspective and hear your side.

I wanna reinforce that I'm not trying to pick sides.

I don't want to pick sides, I'm not on either side.

We're not gonna wedge ourselves in between.

Do you still have my card?

- Yep. - Okay, perfect.

Awesome.

Thank you very much. Take care.

- Thank you. - We'll see you again.

Thank you.

I don't have faith in their system.

I don't feel like they can protect me.

The RCMP was created

just to forcefully remove Indigenous people

off their lands.

White settlers came in and wanted to farm the land

and the government came in,

burned Witsuwitʼen out

and used the RCMP to force them off the land

so they could take it.

My grandpa, in order to get him out,

they destroyed his cabin.

Every clan has the same stories

about being burnt out of their home.

Our elders tell the story

of how John Baptiste stood at gunpoint, kept off the RCMP,

and he got to keep his land.

The government tried to outlaw our governance structure

'cause that was our strength.

Some of our chiefs were jailed,

but they just came out and held their feasts again.

Across Canada, they imprisoned us on the reservations

and our people needed a piece of paper,

giving them permission to leave the reserve.

So that's how they were able to continue to steal the land.

And that's the only way they can take it

is by stealing it and call us criminals

so that they can arrest us.

Get off our land!

As much as they can deny and try to say

that they're there to protect everyone,

I have witnessed firsthand

that they're not there to protect me.

They're not there to ensure my safety.

They're there to ensure their system.

They always have been since contact

and they still are today.

The situation about the increased police presence

on the West Morice Forest Road, I think is serious.

We did receive a complaint from the industry,

indicating that the highway was blocked.

So if you wanna bring down the temperature,

from my perspective, I'm pretty simple.

Take down the blockade, open the road.

Build the pipeline.

No, I'm not talking about the pipeline.

I'm talking about the road.

Yes, you are.

Be very clear about this, you're saying...

- Two different things, Peter. - No it's not.

- Two different things. - No, no.

You and I both know, Hilton, what this is about,

it's about the pipeline company saying,

"we're crossing that bridge, come hell or high water,

and we want you the RCMP to be there when we do it."

There is a line,

there is a point at which Aboriginal people

have to be able to exercise their right.

But it still doesn't mean to say

that I as a police officer,

within the context of this country,

cannot enforce the law within this nation.

End of story.

My name is Chief Midïc.

I come from the house of Insggisgï

where it lies blocking the trail.

We ask permission for us to go across.

In the old days, our ancestors took great care of our land.

They would kill trespassers for crossing without permission.

You remembered us and that's why you came.

I am so happy.

This means a lot, as you could see, we welcome you.

We welcome you standing beside us.

Just straight faces, guys.

We cannot produce energy in Kitimat

without the reliable means to transport it

across the Rockies and Coast Mountain Ranges.

During the early hours of this morning,

we authorized TransCanada, represented here today,

to begin construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline.

Today's announcement by LNG Canada,

represents the single largest private sector investment

in the history of Canada.

I like that sentence so much, I'm gonna say it again.

The single largest private sector investment

in the history of Canada.

It shows what's possible when you collaborate

and consult with Indigenous and local communities,

when you coordinate all orders of government,

and when people insist on economic, environmental,

and socially responsible development

of our natural resources.

As you know,

there's a hearing for an injunction that Coastal GasLink was asking for.

If the blockade and the interference with their operations were to continue

the economic harm could be in the millions and millions of dollars.

So yeah, they're gonna use a court injunction

to remove our safety gates.

Right.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, they'll get their injunction.

We stand with Unist'ot'en!

We stand with Unist'ot'en!

We stand with Unist'ot'en!

We're not the only clan

facing what we're facing right now.

CGL plans to run pipe

right across each of the five clans' territory.

The federal government

and the province are backing this project.

They provided 60% of the partnership funding.

So it's in conflict, we're going into their courts,

which they have lots to lose.

We stand with Unist'ot'en!

We stand with Unist'ot'en!

We stand with Unist'ot'en!

We stand with Unist'ot'en!

I sat in court,

my heart cried

when I heard the decision that came down.

It broke my heart the way they talked about us

and they're giving Freda till tomorrow

to get that barricade down.

Unist'ot'en, they've taken the stand for all of us,

each and every one of us.

None of us can stand back and watch what's going on.

All five clans, we all need each other,

wherever we're needed we'll be there to back each other up.

On behalf of the Gidimt'en clan,

I wanna make an announcement,

that Gidimt'en will control the access

to Gidimt'en territory.

We stand behind Freda to stop the pipeline.

Right now we have an opportunity

with all the chiefs

to sanction the blockades out on our territory

and that's our law.

As Kwin Begh Yikh we stand with you as well.

As father clan, it is not only my duty,

but it's my pleasure and my honor to stand here

and say that Tsayu will stand with them.

All three houses will stand behind Gidimt'en clan.

I wanna make a collection for Unist'ot'en

on the battle that they're gonna be doing.

Namoks $60!

Smogilhgim $100!

Dsta'hyl $200!

Freda, for Unist'ot'en, for whatever they need it for.

No return.

Right now the Witsuwitʼen have all decided

that Gidimt'en would erect a access checkpoint.

One, two, three, four,

as many two-by-sixes as you got there.

Go ahead and do that right away.

This is the only access road to the west.

And so in order to get to Unist'ot'en,

you have to pass through Gidimt'en checkpoint.

It is important for us to be here.

They gotta come through us first.

CGL can tell the RCMP to back off and not make a move.

They need to talk to us, they haven't done that.

So I'm sure you're aware

that the meeting with the chiefs

didn't go as well as we were hoping for, right?

Yeah, we weren't expecting it to go well.

Yeah, so they are gonna come down

to enforce the injunction,

and everything's gonna be slow and methodical.

There's not gonna be people rushing in and grabbing everyone

and arresting people, okay?

It's gonna be very slow.

Please step back away.

…defiance of the court order.

We'll be breaching this barricade.

Are we not people?

We're the people from this land!

Not your land!

They're attached to the gate!

You are trespassing.

You're trespassing on Witsuwitʼen land.

You're under arrest.

Under arrest. Get down!

Stop!

Get up. Get out of here.

You're breaking his arm!

Stop it!

Shame!

You're under arrest.

You're under arrest.

There's a vehicle there.

Should we open it?

This decision to open up the Unist'ot'en bridge.

This is by no means giving up,

but we're doing it for your safety.

We're doing it for the love and respect

that we have for each of you.

Effective this date,

the hereditary chiefs have agreed

to the Injunction Enforcement Order.

This is coming from leadership.

- They have told me what to do. - I understand.

For fear of RCMP action.

I know our ancestors are here

'cause when I feel like giving up,

I feel them put their hand on my back,

and I can smell them.

I smell grandpa's smoke.

He's here.

I smell my dad.

They're here with us.

All of them.

Thank you all for being here tonight.

I look forward to these town halls to get out

and engage in this exercise in democracy.

I'm just gonna go around the room

and pick questions at random

and we will try and see how this goes.

So starting with you in the striped scarf.

Yes.

I wanna ask you,

what are you gonna do to stop oppressing our people?

When are you gonna start giving a shit about who we are

as people and not seeing us just for our land?

Thank you for sharing that.

I understand your passion and your anger. I acknowledge it.

And I say to you that we will work together

to resolve these issues.

I can understand your impatience.

You are protecting a dirty pipeline!

And that is not honorable!

That is not true.

They have actually just removed the barricade.

They did that this afternoon.

That was a sign of respect right there.

They've removed the barricade.

This is how this is supposed to work.

This is how this is supposed to work.

Now I think we're gonna take a step back here.

I'm gonna take a step back here.

I will take another question now.

You in the long blonde hair.

Yes.

What is this?

Hello?

Back, back please.

Sorry?

For what reason?

The road is closed, it's an active work area.

Good afternoon, we're here with the Coastal GasLink Project.

We're here to conduct work on behalf

of the Coastal GasLink Project and you're impeding us.

Can you please move your vehicle away from the work area?

You're actually...

We have a Supreme Court of BC injunction order

directing that anyone having notice of this order,

and if you don't have a copy I'll give it to you,

are restrained and prohibited from physically preventing,

impeding, restricting or in any way physically interfering

with our activities conducting work.

Will you remove your vehicle?

You're preventing us from going in

and checking our traps.

I'm asking you to remove your vehicle

from the roadway ma'am okay?

Up there are our trap lines,

and this morning you weren't allowing people to go in.

If you're not gonna remove your vehicle

and continue to impede our access,

please be advised we'll be reporting this matter

to the RCMP as a breach of the injunction order.

They didn't even have the courtesy

to say they were gonna do this.

Take our traps out.

Come help me pray!

What they have over there,

no matter how strong they are,

and how they run,

break them all.

Those machines that crawl, rip them apart!

Hold them back!

That's my property right there.

The tent is property.

That lumber is property.

So from my understanding,

what I've been led to believe from CGL

is that this here has also been permitted

for a staging area for the C-G-L.

No, it has not.

Well, I'm just letting you believe

what I've been informed, okay?

So are you just gonna take their word for it?

Because I'm telling you,

and so you are being led to believe

that they do not have permits.

Okay, so what I will do to answer your question,

I'll look into it and make sure that they do have permits. Right?

You should have made sure that

they do have permits before they destroyed...

- I did. - No you didn't.

And now it's destroyed.

Just because somebody told you that they think

that there's a permit here.

Okay.

When was the last time you talked to CGL though, right?

CGL is lying through their teeth,

and they're making you guys look like fools,

and you're just doing their dirty work for them.

Everybody can see that. It's clear.

Okay, just so we're perfectly clear,

we are not doing any work.

We don't do anything, we're not here,

we're just here to keep the peace, right?

I don't know how you could stand there

and even be proud of what you're doing,

and nevermind justify it.

You're ruining our lives here.

This is our day-to-day life.

Duly noted.

We'll just document as much as we can.

And then watch them…

Take it.

We'll rebuild.

- I know. - We always have.

The project is about a $6 billion project.

One sixth of that spend is for Indigenous people.

And that doesn't include the jobs

that we hope to provide everyone.

There's great opportunities.

There's great training, there's pensions,

there's a lot of real benefits working in the industry,

and they're very well paying jobs.

- Hi. - Hello.

Can we help you here?

Yep. Going to a meeting.

Okay, just, just hang on, okay?

Just wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait, please, we're gonna let you in,

but I just gotta make sure it's orderly.

It's gonna be orderly.

Okay, is it?

Can you just wait here?

'Cause we gotta get permission from the chief

or from the band members here, okay?

We're walking in. Look at this guy.

We're gonna let you in, okay.

I'm one of the hereditary chiefs and I'm not allowed

in our community hall.

So you work for CGL?

I do, yes.

- You work for CGL. - Correct, yeah.

- And what is your purpose here? - For security.

Just to make sure that this is an orderly meeting.

That's all.

Well then, why are you stopping us?

Because we were just asked to make sure

that if you wanna come in and say something,

not a problem...

We are gonna say something.

We have lots to say.

Currently right now,

we've got all permits in place for the project.

Hello!

Let's see, how many non-band members have we got here?

There's something wrong with this picture here.

Something terribly wrong with this picture.

You're crossing Likhts'amisyu territory

on two ends of your pipeline.

Who in Likhts'amisyu gave you permission

to cross our territory?

In the old days, it was governed by martial law,

you got one warning, one warning.

You're caught again…

You were shot.

And the person that did the killing

would have to wear a red arm band,

so everybody knew he killed a trespasser.

And you think this is any different?

We are not gonna let you people off easy.

And the people that support you here,

the whole Witsuwitʼen community of Witset?

What?

30 people, 20 maybe.

Is there no shame?

We do not own the land.

We belong to the land.

We are a part of the land.

Where is CGL's story on the land?

They are stealing our yintah.

They are breaking the laws of our ancestors.

I talked to my grandmother.

I said we have come to a crossroads.

When I speak to my ancestors, I wonder if they hear me?

We're here to peacefully deliver a message

from the Witsuwitʼen chiefs.

I'm here on behalf of the Witsuwitʼen Hereditary Chiefs

to deliver this eviction notice.

We're giving you opportunity to vacate

and we're not gonna block you from going out.

But if you guys refuse, then we will close the road

and they'll probably have to fly you out.

You have 30 minutes.

30 minutes to get a hold

of everybody I need to contact?

Yep.

We're making a stand.

Since the injunction, we wasted a year in court,

couldn't get anywhere.

And right now, our chiefs agreed

to shut down the main road.

My grandma used to tell me,

bad things are gonna happen down the road.

Now I see it.

I'm happy I can sleep tonight.

What we're doing today, it is not for us,

it is for the children, grandchildren,

and the children not even born yet.

We've been here for 31 days now

with no CGL here, with no police here.

Meanwhile, we feel like at peace and

feel the beauty of this land.

So we're here at 39 kilometer

on Cas Yikh House territory.

This is essentially a lookout and supply camp.

- Okay, that's for 44. - Sure.

Forty-four.

Shit.

Supplies were distributed all the way to the Unist'ot'en camp,

which is behind the lines of a bunch of fallen trees

essentially shutting down the road.

What is going on now is a battle against corporations

and the capitalist system where they are determined

to extract every bit out of this planet.

Thank you to the Witsuwitʼen people for hanging in.

We encourage all of the protesters

to abide by the injunction and leave the area.

There are peaceful options

that will require a minimal use of force.

44, 44, this is 39, over.

We just needed maybe an update,

how y'all are doing, over.

We have…

At least… six officers surrounding the truck.

Police, stay calm!

Police, stay calm!

Police, stay calm!

Police, stay calm!

Police, stay calm!

It's not your territory.

Ten officers have just walked into camp.

We're enforcing the BC Supreme Court

injunction issued December 31st, 2019.

I'm being told if I don't leave the exclusion zone,

I'm gonna be arrested.

- They're arresting press? - Yes, you will be.

44, 44. This is 39, over.

They're taping the window, over.

Not sure if they're blocking my view or they're gonna smash it, over.

You're hurting me! You're hurting me!

You're under arrest for obstruction.

Do you understand that?

Hey everybody, it's 6:29 here in Witsuwitʼen territory

and we have reports that a bunch of arrests were made

at the support camp at 39 kilometer,

and so they've now blocked off the highway.

Sorry guys, you can't go through.

Are you allowed in?

Private industry are allowed in?

But Witsuwitʼen people

and members of the press are not allowed in?

No, this is not okay.

This is our territory!

This is the territory of Wos!

You are not welcome!

We are unarmed!

Don't point your gun at me.

Please!

The one behind the truck.

I have nothing.

Please take down your weapon.

We see multiple units now moving

with their guns drawn.

Nïwilye. Nïwilyenï.

It's what they used to call

the old wise experienced warriors.

Each clan had their own warrior

and they kept our people safe.

And right now, Howilhkat, K'eltiy,

they're being surrounded by RCMP, by invaders,

and I wanna call on the spirit of all of those nïwilye

to guide them and protect them tonight.

Every minute that they're singing or praying

over Widzin Kwah to protect her.

Wigidimsts'ol!

Your children!

Take them and look after them!

Wadï, didïnyeyh!

Thank you, Creator.

This is the RCMP.

There is currently a civil injunction in place

ordered by Madam Justice Marguerite Church.

We don't talk to bullshitters.

You are trespassing.

Get away from that gate!

You don't have consent to enter our territory.

You are invaders.

Back away from that gate right now!

Go!

Unist'ot'en ancestors, stand with us!

Masgibu, stand up!

Wigidimsts'ol, stand up!

There is currently a civil injunction in place

ordered by Madam Justice Marguerite Church.

Here's your effing injunction.

This is all it's worth for the paper it's written on.

Freda.

If anybody here wants to be arrested...

We do not want to make any arrests.

That's the last thing we want,

but I do need you to talk to me.

Otherwise, you're gonna leave us no choice.

Go away from me. You guys should be ashamed

if you're Indigenous

and this is what you're doing to Indigenous.

Helping the colonizers kick us off our land.

You're trespassing!

You are trespassing!

You are not welcome here!

Go!

I don't need to listen to your options.

This is our land!

Our land!

I don't need to listen to you!

Get outta here!

Invaders!

Invaders!

Ancestors are here.

I must caution if you continue

to breach this court order,

you'll be arrested

and face civil and or criminal contempt charges.

By not moving,

I confirm that you understand that you'll be arrested

and can face criminal and or civil charges.

Right now the colonizer's been trying to remove us

from our land once and for all.

They want us defeated.

They want us to give up.

They want us to lose.

They're not gonna stop trying unless we shut this down.

Stand up and fight back with us.

Shut down Canada.

What started as a dispute

over a natural gas pipeline has erupted

into protests across the country.

In solidarity

with Witsuwitʼen land defenders…

- Shut down! - Canada!

- Shut down! - Canada!

In BC today,

the protesters brought their message

directly to the government, blocking the doors.

It won't stop as long as the RCMP and CGL

are on Witsuwitʼen territory without their consent.

My next guest has called for people to shut down Canada.

It affects every Indigenous Nation.

And we all have to stand together and unite in this.

The Mohawk Warrior flag waves

over the train tracks in Belleville,

the Tyendinaga Mohawk encampment

now effectively disrupting rail service.

Oh, look at that.

They sent us water from their river

and this is what they're fighting about: Life.

Dozens of passenger and freight trains

have already been canceled

from Toronto to Ottawa and Montreal.

And it doesn't appear

as if this will be resolved anytime soon,

as support for the Witsuwitʼen nation

continues to grow across the country.

Canada's multi-billion dollar

shipping industry remains at a standstill,

as protests leave goods stranded

at ports and rail yards throughout the country.

A bunch of radical activists who won't rest

until our oil and gas industry is entirely shut down.

There's a lot of hardworking people out of fucking work!

Then go to work.

I'm taking time outta work right now

so I can tell you punks to get to work!

Reconciliation is a journey

and there are going to be difficult moments

on that journey,

but the fact remains, the barricades must now come down.

All I can say to him is this.

Trudeau said this morning

that the demonstrations going on across the country,

could be a hindrance to reconciliation.

The hindrance is invading territories

that are not under the dominion of Canada.

What did your ancestors do?

They stole.

They killed, but they did it when we were sick.

Fuck off. I'll stand where I want.

I'm in Onkwehón: We territory.

Yeah, me.

Back off. Back off.

There were rail blockades

in Gitxsan territory.

Gitxsan people are one of our closest allies.

The Gitxsan could not sit idly by.

We have to be part of the fight

to stand with our neighbors

the Witsuwitʼen.

Put your hands behind your back, hey.

My hands are behind my back.

Quit twisting it!

It's illegal to have a fire on a highway.

It's illegal to remove our chiefs from our territory!

The cops are retreating against the Gitxsan!

Our land!

This is just the beginning.

You woke all these warriors up.

Well, when the whole world was supporting us,

it made us feel like we weren't alone

and it was an amazing feeling.

Now that COVID is here, people have forgotten.

CGL just continued working

and just shows how corrupt the system is.

Hello, it's Cody.

Molly's water broke maybe about an hour ago

and then we're just over at Jen's now,

and her contractions are strong-ish.

She's with the doula

but they're like around three-ish minutes.

Just thought I'd let you know. Okay, bye.

Hello.

Okay, done!

Okay, done.

Look at her go.

Look at this professional.

I can tell she's been in lots of fights.

She knows how to pull hair, right?

You wanna give others a chance to go? No?

Let's do it. Keep goin'.

Look how fast he's going.

There's a lot of things

that are outta my control right now

that are really stressful.

They're preparing to start drilling under the river

and I thought that we'd have a little bit more time.

There's also an archeological site right now

that they're threatening to destroy

that I'm trying to deal with.

Can you hold up for a minute? We got work happening here, guys.

And you're gonna have to call it there, Bob!

You are impeding lawful, authorized and permitted work.

Hi, there.

Who's the archeologist monitoring work here?

- I am. - You are? What's your name?

Johnny? I'm Sleydo.

I'm a representative for Cas Yikh House.

I'm just talking to the archeologist,

which is what I've been asking to do for days.

You can talk to us, you don't need to talk to him.

No, you get the fuck out of my way because I am talking to the archeologist.

This is our territory.

These are our artifacts.

I have questions.

I'm here to have a simple conversation.

I would like to have a conversation

with the archeologist, that's all.

So if you would please allow me to do that,

then you can get back to your work.

Have your conversation.

Okay.

Could you please get out of my way?

Do you know that the permit

that's happening here is an illegal permit?

You guys were given a cease and desist order.

Get.

I'm giving it to the archeologist!

You don't have to take anything.

Please take it.

The work that you're overseeing right now

is illegal and you will be held accountable.

How are you ensuring that our site

is not being desecrated more than it already has?

You're not required to answer anything.

I know they don't have to.

I know you don't have to do anything.

You've got how many security guards here enforcing the fact

that you don't have to do anything?

How many RCMP that are here enforcing the fact

that you don't have to do anything?

These are our ancestors.

Just get away from me.

Everybody thinks that Coastal GasLink

is just this done deal, but it's not.

Because of the delays and extra costs

and all those kinds of things

they can't afford a huge conflict.

It feels like it's just all

been building up to this point.

Our ancestors before us protected the yintah.

We look after it for our children, our grandchildren and the unborn.

What do you fight for?

The Witsuwitʼen have reoccupied

the access road to Widzin Kwah and to the drill pad site.

We're here for the long haul.

Got a new home on the yintah.

Four RCMP officers coming in on foot.

They're just here to harass.

You're not welcome here.

Come out of the device.

Using pain compliance.

One, two, three.

Let go.

Ow! My leg!

Unhook yourself.

What the fuck.

If you unhook you can fix your pants.

Ow, oh, my God.

We're not pulling your pants up for you, so let go.

We're calling on all of our allies

and our supporters across the nations coast to coast.

Come to the yintah.

We need support on the ground

because it's time for all of us to rise up together.

Howitza. Misiyh.

Again, Akwesasne, welcome.

Niá: Wen.

We are the Haudenosaunee people!

We are here!

Leave!

This is the land of Chief Wos!

Since the Haudenosaunee have arrived

and other allies have arrived,

the RCMP have not been back into Coyote Camp.

Fuck off and go the fuck back where you came from.

Spirits are high, things are going good.

Oh, I got my girls.

Happy to see everybody here and to support my sister

who has always supported me.

We're seeing a lot of support from other clans too.

Like the Likhts'amisyu.

You just got a convoy of fuckin' non-industrial traffic coming up.

There's quite a bit of 'em.

This is where CGL has blocked us

from entering onto our own territory.

So we're gonna set up camp just on the other side

of that equipment and all of that equipment

will be included in our seizure.

Can you grab me a 9/16 wrench?

Excuse me, please don't touch the equipment.

It's not you guys' equipment.

As of now, it's Witsuwitʼen property.

All of it.

I'm working on behalf of three of my highest chiefs.

So that's my job.

I'm just like you, I'm just doing my job.

You can just watch 'em, right?

What do you suspect these equipment are worth,

about $750,000?

I'm here to ensure your safety, sir.

Oh thank you. I really feel safe now.

Probably thinking I'm getting too old for this shit.

They're just getting clobbered

with all of this Indigenous resistance.

Mr. Gagnon, any words?

Just my love to everybody.

Now's the time to put more pressure on

and come at them at all angles.

This is an immediate evacuation order

for all Coastal GasLink employees and subcontractors.

You guys are gonna block the road?

Road's closed, buddy.

No, you guys can go.

- Road's closed. - Road's closed, man.

No matter what you say.

Permanently or what's going on?

That's it, that's all we got to say.

Okay, so we're here from Coastal GasLink Project.

We are here to conduct work

on behalf of the Coastal GasLink Project.

And you're impeding us.

Can you please move your blockade out of the area?

Nothing to say.

We have a...

That anyone having notice of...

As you're not removing your blockade...

Day 54 of no drilling under Widzin Kwah.

And since this all started in the past week

and since the eviction, TC energy stocks have plummeted.

Plummeted like from up here,

straight fucking nose dive, plummeted.

So the message is getting across that

no matter how many pigs they send in here,

no matter how many times,

Witsuwitʼen are never gonna stand down.

And we're gonna keep on having fucking killing it moments.

Nobody else will do this for us.

You're all here, and I really love that.

Gets me right here.

That's why I call you all my kids.

But I love you all

so please, please, please be safe.

Be safe 'cause I don't wanna have to worry

about all of you.

Lily was asking me,

"Mom, when are you gonna come home?"

And I said, "I don't know, baby."

We just keep pushing forward

even though we know what will happen in the end

and there's no point in being fearful of it.

I don't feel scared

because there's something more powerful than us happening.

The big crowd of what looks like

at least 30 cops

is now marching up towards the bridge.

We are only few here.

You brought how many people with you?

I am an elder of this yintah.

Let's go, let's go.

We are peaceful, we are unarmed,

but we are powerful and we don't fear you.

You're under arrest.

There's an elder here!

You're under arrest.

I'm media!

Stop resisting.

- Got him? - Yep.

Legal observers, media have been arrested.

Two of our Witsuwitʼen elders have been arrested

and removed from the territory.

Right now we're at Coyote Camp

and the RCMP are moving in to remove me from my territory.

Thursday's raid came after

the Witsuwitʼen Nation issued its own...

Bring it on, motherfuckers.

You are trespassing against Witsuwitʼen law.

Come out peacefully.

Do you have a search warrant or an arrest warrant?

We will be seeking those

if you're not gonna cooperate.

Well, you better have one.

They're walking to the door.

They're breaking it down.

Show me your hands.

Show me your hands.

I want to see everybody's hands.

Get your fucking gun off me!

This is sovereign Witsuwitʼen land!

Get your gun off me!

The RCMP have breached the door.

There are attack dogs here.

Standing there right beside the door!

They used axes found in camp to break down the door

and a chainsaw that they found in camp...

Come here Molly, you're under arrest.

Don't touch me!

Back up, back up.

Get your hands off of her!

Get your hands off of her!

- Come here. You're under arrest. - This is Witsuwitʼen territory.

Hey, come on, you're under arrest.

- Get your hands off of me. - You're under arrest.

Get that outta my face, and back up.

You're under arrest.

For the record, I'm a member of the media.

You've been notified that I'm here, observing.

You're under arrest right now so step out.

I'm coming with you. I'm coming with you.

I hope you're fucking proud of yourselves.

Don't you fucking hurt anybody,

you stupid fucking pigs.

Ah come on.

Almost.

I got it!

This last ten years has been the hardest years

that I've ever experienced.

And when I think about how I'm gonna get through it,

I think about the Witsuwitʼen women that I know of.

We're still here.

We're still fighting, but we're still here.

Look how much, Skye.

Just in my little while.

Lots, eh?

Even the blueberries are huge.

Don't put it in your pockets, you're gonna squish it.

He's gonna follow us the whole way.

When I'm feeling discouraged,

I feel the ancestors put their hand on my back,

encouraging me to keep going.

Dad said, "If you know you're doing right,

you have nothing to fear."

And I would do it all over again for my people.

Ancestors, they're talking to us

in the wind

and asking us, where were we?