Indigenous youth lead the Wet’suwet’en movement – The Charlatan

March 6, 2020

Almost 1,000 Wet’suwet’en sovereignty supporters took to the streets of downtown Ottawa on Feb. 24, where Indigenous youth led the way as land defenders.

The rally is one of the many events that took place across the country over the past several weeks, as Indigenous peoples and their allies demand the federal government listen to Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and halt the production of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

A shared belief that was expressed by several land defenders interviewed is in the self-governance of the Wet’suwet’en, and all Indigenous nations: including Indigenous land and people not under a band council connects the youth at these protests.

“Canada couldn’t go build a pipeline in Sweden just because it feels like it. It is the same thing,” said Cricket Guest, a youth organizer from Toronto.

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