RCMP Accused of Illegally Occupying Gitdumt’en Territory

On January 15, the Gitdumt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people reported that the RCMP “are working to establish a police detatchment on Gitdumt’en territory without the consent of our people,” in violation of their January 9 agreement with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. The Gitdumt’en point out that the agreement “dictates that all police exclusion zones will be lifted immediately and that our members will have free access to our territories.”

In the video below, Wet’suwet’en members question the RCMP about their presence. The video also features an interview with Elder Rita David of the Gitdumt’en Clan: