Sovereign Likhts’amisyu Construction Camp Begins!

by Likhts’amisyu Solidarity / Earth First! Newswire



Dear Friends, Allies, Comrades, and Supporters,

We are pleased to announce that preliminary work has begun on the Likhts’amisyu Spring Construction Camp.

Although Spring has come to Wet’suwet’en territory, the future site of the Sovereign Likhts’amisyu camp is up in the mountains, and the snow there has yet to melt. Therefore, we must be patient and lay all the groundwork that we can while we wait for Mother Nature to do her thing.

In the meantime, however, we are keeping ourselves busy, and are pre-fabricating a log cabin off-site.

We are also very much keen to recruit more helpers! Although the dates of the Likhts’amisyu Spring Construction camp were scheduled for the dates of April 28th to May 18th, the reality is that we will be requiring assistance throughout the Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons. We are planning to build a log cabin, a kitchen / mess hall, a wood shed, and a root cellar. Please consider making a trip out to Wet’suwet’en territory in the coming months to help with this grassroots, indigenous-led effort to defend Mother Earth from the threat of industrial devastation posed by the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

Also, although we have been somewhat successful in our fund-raising efforts, we are still a long way away from our goal. We have priced out over $40,000 [CAD] worth of construction materials, without including a budget for food or transportation costs. To date, we have raised only about $8,000 [CAD]. Thankfully, this is enough for us to get started, however, it means that we must continue to fund-raise as we go.

Here are some useful links:

1. The Go Fund Me page is at: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/likhtsamisyu2019

2. The promotional video is at: https://vimeo.com/332477793

3. The Likhtsamisyu website is at: www.likhtsamisyu.com

4. The Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/likhtsamisyu/

5. The main email for people to reach the chiefs is: likhtsamisyu@gmail.com

6. The main email for people to reach the support team is: likhtsamisyu@riseup.net

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Please also note that we can send you a draft fund-raising letter if you wish to send a personalized funding request to an individual or an organization. We would also be happy to help with grant applications.

We also ask that people share the above links and help boost the profile of this camp. Thank you very much!

Likhts’amisyu Solidarity