Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, according to documents seen by the Guardian. Show Hide The Wet’suwet’en nation have lived on their territories in what is now British Columbia for thousands of years. Like most Indigenous people in British Columbia, the Wet’suwet’en have never relinquished their land to the Canadian government by treaty, land sale or surrender. “The police are here to support the invasion of Indigenous territories,” said Tlingit land defender Anne Spice. Despite the onset of winter, Wet’suwet’en land defenders remain at the camps to protect their lands and waters.

Source: The Guardian December 20, 2019 10:30 UTC