Alberta, Canada – The past month has been strained, emotional, tense. Covering the Wet’suwet’en crisis as an Indigenous journalist has been a challenge.
In British Columbia, the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en tribe are opposing the construction of a natural gas pipeline through their traditional lands – a protest that has sparked a David and Goliath-style battle with industry, governments and Canadian law enforcement. It set off an uprising of Indigenous peoples and their allies across Canada and beyond, inspiring many to stand in solidarity and uphold their own rights.
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