MOLLY WICKHAM: The RCMP are invading Wet’suwet’en territory once again. There have been approximately 15 arrests that have happened already at the Gidimt’en checkpoint. Legal observers, media have been arrested. Two of our Wet’suwet’en 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. This invasion once again speaks to the genocide that’s happening to Indigenous people that are trying to protect our water for our future generations. It’s infuriating. It’s illegal, even according to their own means of colonial law. We need to shut down Canada.

An example of a way to participating in the digital blockade is to tweet at the KKR (@KKR_CO), the #1 Funder of Pipeline in the US, tag the Wet’suwet’en Twitter here. This link leads you to the Action Network page where you can send an email off to KKR.

One of Pres. Trump's first acts in office was to issue an executive order to push for completion of the Dakota Access pipeline under the Missouri River adjacent to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. But the fight is not over! The Environmental Impact Statement process began three days before Obama left office and will likely take many months. The tribe has also promised additional lawsuits. Downtown New Haven is home to three of the 17 banks funding the project. We'll meet at Wells Fargo Bank on the corner of Church and Elm streets where we'll demand that the bank cut its funding for DAPL. Then we'll march down Church Street to the Bank of America and issue a similar demand before ending at TD Bank on the corner of Chapel and College streets (994 Chapel). Just like the inauguration protests and the women's marches, this event will include demands to protect the rights of immigrants, women, LGBTQ folks, black lives, low-wage workers and the climate. Let's get out of our silos and march together! Contact info at link if you need more info

Bahlats are open to everyone from the nation. The proceedings that day took hours of protocol and discussion before the hereditary chiefs announced the decision, on behalf of the five clans—they would not leave quietly, they said. They would block pipeline workers.

And what happened to the pipeline?