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hiladi village rematriation
Your donation will go towards Ma’amtagila cultural resurgence and rematriation of Hiladi Village. This is where Matriarch and Grandmother Tsastilqualus Ambers, her relatives, Kwakwaka'wakw people, and supporters are working to make the land more accessible for all Kwakwaka'wakw.
Ma'amtagila land is under attack by deforestation and fish farming - Hiladi Village is there to stop these acts of violence.
Through colonization Ma'amtagila lands and peoples were combined with Tlowitsis. This erased Ma'amtagila unique cultural identities. “The Ma’amtagila were completely erased,” - Tsastilqualus. “The name was erased, and they said the Ma’amtagila were dead. Since then, the Tlowitsis Nation has operated with almost complete control over Ma’amtagila territory. Right now, they’re currently deforesting — you’ve probably heard — the last old-growth forest on Vancouver Island. That’s Ma’amtagila territory that they’re all deforesting. So, we need to put this house here to remind people that the Ma’amtagila are still here.”
GIDIMT’EN
“The Gidimt'en is one of five clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. The creation of the Gidimt'en Camp was announced in the Wet’suwet’en feast hall, with the support of all chiefs present.
The Gidimt’en Yintah Access checkpoint is controlling access to Cas Yikh House territory within the larger Gidimt’en clan territory at 44.5 km on the Morice River FSR. The collective House Chiefs made the decision to support Gidimt’en Yintah Access December 14th, 2018. The five clans ratified the decision in a bahlats (feast) in Witset on December 16th, 2018.
On Friday, December 21st, a judge granted Coastal Gas Link an extension to their injunction against individuals at the Unist’ot’en Camp, applying it to all resistance camps South of Houston.
In response to CGL’s injunction, the Gidimt'en Yintah Access checkpoint was established on the road leading to the Unist’ot’en Camp. CGL’s lawyers have been arguing that the Unist’ot’en are essentially a rogue group without a rightful claim to aboriginal title. The Gidimt'en intervention shows that the Unist’ot’en are not alone, and that the hereditary chiefs are prepared to uphold Wet’suwet’en law by refusing to grant CGL consent to access the Yintahs.” - yintahaccess.com
UNIST’OT’EN
“The Unist’ot’en (C’ihlts’ehkhyu / Big Frog Clan) are the original Wet’suwet’en Yintah Wewat Zenli distinct to the lands of the Wet’suwet’en. Over time in Wet’suwet’en History, the other clans developed and were included throughout Wet’suwet’en Territories. The Unis’tot’en are known as the toughest of the Wet’suwet’en as their territories were not only abundant, but the terrain was known to be very treacherous. The Unis’tot’en recent history includes taking action to protect their lands from Lions Gate Metals at their Tacetsohlhen Bin Yintah, and building a cabin and resistance camp at Talbits Kwah at Gosnell Creek and Wedzin Kwah (Morice River which is a tributary to the Skeena and Bulkley River) from seven proposed pipelines from Tar Sands Gigaproject and LNG from the Horn River Basin Fracturing Projects in the Peace River Region” - unistoten.camp