#ulluisc

Good Morning Deer Loves,

As our mother Earth turns us towards the sun and the seeds are rising up and growing tall much work is being done to protect land, water and Indigenous Sovereignty.

We wanted to take this moment to provide some news on this work because people on their lands doing this work need our support.

 xoxo wulf and beyon.

Wulf and two other trans white settler supporters living on Lkwungen Territory are facing charges and harsh proposed sentencing.  They are remaining strong and have connected with a lawyer who will be representing the three co-accused on a pay what you can basis.  Thank you to everyone who has been providing such incredible care, knowledge and support.

While this has been going on Wulf has been able to spend time at Flo’s farm and at Ulluisc mostly helping with getting food in the earth.  They are super grateful for all the love and support that makes it possible for them to be mobile and available on the ground especially to support the people they love.  

 Cyale

Flo and Wolverine’s farm, Cyale, is well underway with planting and much work was done by hand to weed and mulch the large strawberry patch and prepare the soil for beans, peas and potatoes.  The thing is Flo and her family are still trying to raise the funds to purchase tractor wheels, which cost about $3400.  Approximately $2600 has been raised so far.  To learn more about Flo’s work and contribute there is an online fundraiser here: https://fundrazr.com/flowolverinefarm

 Ulluisc

Christine Jack, caretaker of Ulluisc, is hosting 3 gatherings over the coming months.

On June 3rd Ulluisc will be hosting a walk and talk with Elders from 10 am to 2pm. June 19th to 23rd is the Women's Gathering at Ulluisc. This event is for Women identified people of all walks of life (this means trans women and two-spirit people wanting to work with woman energy welcome.)

 The third gathering is the All Others Gathering for Two-Spirit, Queer and Trans identified folks.  More details to come!

 For more information check out Christine’s most recent update video:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDBve6oBFTs

 And here is the event page for the Women’s gathering:

 https://www.facebook.com/events/523978791059714/

  To make monetary donations cheques can be mailed to PO Box 1188 Lillooet BC V0K 1V0.

 There is also a fundraiser for Ulluisc on Coast Salish Territory, vancouver bc, on May 29th.  

 https://www.facebook.com/events/258251721314546/permalink/270555103417541

 Lil’wat

The Indigenous Leadership Academy is building a Pit House in Lil'wat a part of the St'at'imc Nation. This is an educational project that revives Indigenous ways of being through teaching, and living.

 They are raising funds here: https://www.chuffed.org/project/pit-house-indigenous-architecture-revival-project#

 Yakguudang

Tsimshian, Haida and Nisga’a Water Protector Goot-Ges is currently raising funds to cover the cost for her and three other Indigenous Mothers on Tsimshian territory to take a trauma healing course as part of the preparations in establishing a safety plan for Girls and Women in the city of Prince Rupert.  With industry moving forward with export facilities on unceded waters the threat of Man Camps housing thousands of transient and exploited workers pose serious threats of violence against women.

 You can donate directly to Goot-Ges’s work through e-transfer here: [email protected]

 And learn more about her work here: https://yakguudangjournies.wordpress.com/

  Secwepemc

Secwepemc Women Warriors threw down recently at the Imperial Metals AGM where one supporter was arrested and later released.

 https://www.facebook.com/100012060671019/videos/303883980023622/

 And they are getting themselves and their people organized and need your support:

 FUNDRAISING APPEAL for the Secwepemc'ulecw Assembly All settler comrades, friends and allies, Elders and women from the Secwepemc nation are hosting a nation-wide Secwepemc’ulecw Assembly on the land in June. The goals of the Assembly are to discuss and take action under Secwepemc law against colonial corporate development impacting Secwepemc’ulecw without Collective Consent. One of the imminent concerns is to resist Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion. The Assembly will be taking place on the land close to where the pipeline is proposed to cross. The LARGEST Indigenous territory that Kinder Morgan crosses is in fact Secwepemc territory. The pipeline would carry 900,000 barrels a day of diluted bitumen through 518 km of Secwepemc territory. This Assembly is rooted in the vision of beloved Secwepemc leader Arthur Manuel. Shortly before he passed away, he wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "We do not accept that the federal government can make this decision unilaterally and without the prior informed consent of the Secwepemc people as the rightful titleholders... Any leakage would immediately threaten the pacific salmon who spawn in the Thompson and Fraser River basins. It is not surprising that most Secwepemc people are in complete solidarity with the Water Protectors from Standing Rock North Dakota. Our waters are also sacred." Secwepemc women, elders and nation members are volunteering their time, energy and labour to host this assembly. They write, "The Secwepemc peoples' have survived the impacts of colonialism (disease, residential schools, the Indian Act) and maintain our original instructions to look after the water, plants, and animals." *** HOW TO SUPPORT **** As settlers, our responsibilities must also be unwavering and unequivocal - to support Indigenous Peoples affirming collective Indigenous law over their territories. As settlers and organizations, we daily materially benefit from living and working on lands that are unjustly seized and occupied. One concrete way to support is to financially resource this grassroots effort. ** We suggest all settlers donate at least one day of their wage or whatever you can contribute to resourcing this Assembly. ** The fundraising goal is $15,000 for food, tents, gas and transportation costs, elders lodging, sound equipment and more. Etransfer funds to: [email protected] Question: What is this for? Password: Assembly. or Cheques to Janice Billy, Treasurer, George Manuel Institute, Unit B – 5836 Trans Canada Highway, Chase, BC, V0E 1M0. Everyone also email [email protected] if you are sending an etransfer or cheque with the amount being sent and if and how you would like to be included in the list of thank yous. Thank you for contributing to this struggle and strengthening collective Secwepemc governance. Share this far and wide.

Wulfgang just returned to the big concrete after spending some time with the wonderful Christine Jack up at Ulluisc.  Here’s a video they shot for Christine and if you have any questions about how you can support Christine’s work or if you are interested in attending the Gathering and need more info. please get in touch and they might be able to help answer or direct your questions :) 

Also!  There is the “All Others Gathering” going down in August, which is specifically for Two-Spirit, Queer and Trans humans.  So stay tuned for more details about that in the coming weeks.

xoxo

Christine Jack caretaker of Ulluisc, part of St'at'imc territory, provides an update about upcoming gatherings.  

On June 3rd Ulluisc will be hosting a walk and talk with Elders from 10 am to 2pm.

 June 19th to 23rd is the Women's Gathering at Ulluisc.  This event is for Women identified people of all walks of life (this means trans women and two-spirit people wanting to work with woman energy welcome.)  Space for children will be provided with child minders.  The terrain is rocky with dirt roads and the outhouse at the cabin is wheel chair accessible.  There will be people on site skilled with first aid.

There will be lunch served as people arrive on the 19th and a farewell circle on the 23rd.

Please bring your camping gear, foods to contribute (particularly if you have allergies), any donations you would like to make to the gratitude table, a blanket donation for the sweat lodge if you so desire, and any sacred items you wish to work with.  No need to pack water as the creak is drinkable.  There will be volunteer cooks to provide meals.

Much love and solidarity to you all.

Christine Jack is a Two-Spirit spiritual leader and healer who lives 51 km up the mountains at Ulluisc to protect the ancestral village, the animals, the waters and the lands from threat of industrial expansion and logging.

To get to Ulluisc: Stay on the Yalakom road following the yellow kilometer markers go past the Ore Creek Campsite, go past the yellow 44km marker, go past the turn off to Lac la Mare (stay on the road that goes along the river), keep staying on the Yalakom road until just past the 50 km mark.

To make monetary donations cheques can be mailed to PO Box 1188 Lillooet BC V0K 1V0.

You can learn more about Ulluisc here:

“The deer is important to me because I’m a hunter.  It has become a really powerful, powerful medicine for me.”

“The Elders asked me then if I had time to put aside to do this stand here for the village, the old village our ancestral village as well as for the animals out here because the logging is tremendously huge in our valleys.”

-Christine Jack, Ulluisc 2016

Christine Jack is a two-spirit St’at’imc life-giver and spiritual leader.  In March of 2015 she was asked by her Elders to protect a place called Ulluisc.  Since that moment, Christine became caretaker and made Ulluisc her permanent home.  Ulluisc, “a place for the people to gather”, is high in the mountains nestled in the Yalakom Valley and is an ancestral village site where the St’at’imc, Tsilcotin and Secwemc people came together.  The forests, creeks, and mountains of Ulluisc are a place where medicine grows, where the pines stand next to the cotton woods and shade the alders; where bears raise their cubs, deer find their shelter and eagles build their nests.  The last time there was clear cutting in Ulluisc was 2015 the logging company responsible, intended to continue cutting through 2016 and beyond. Christine Jack has halted their progress, and as long as she remains it will never happen again.

The voice of Christine Jack, a Two Spirit St’at’imc spiritual leader who was asked by her Elders to protect Ulluisc from Aspen Planers, a company which has already been responsible for multiple clear cut blocks on the territory. Ulluisc, which is the ucwalmicw name for the territory means “a place for the people to gather” as it is an ancestral village site where the Secwepemc, Tsilhqot’in and St’at’imc people met and traded.  Christine has taken this stand in order to protect the ancestral village site as well as allow the land to heal as it is home to a diversity of life.

This is the latest update from Christine, Caretaker of Ulluisc recorded during our last visit in May of 2016.

If you are interested in making a monetary donation cheques can be made out to Christine Jack and mailed to:

PO Box 1188 Lillooet bc V0K 1V0

In June, Christine is seeking supporters to assist with the building of an ishtkin (pit house).  If you are interested in helping out supporters are welcome on the territory.  See the Ulluisc Update we posted for more info.