This past Saturday a cabin belonging to Chief Gisday’wa was burned to the ground by unknown arsonists.
The arson took place two days after the Houston Today ran a front page story that included photos of the cabins and falsely claimed that his structures had been “left behind” with “no apparent recent use.”
The cabin that was burnt down served as a part of a cultural meeting place, built at the request of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and used by Gidimt’en clan members. The cabin site is located at a major intersection on the Morice Forest Service Road, and is passed shortly after 5 a.m. each morning by large convoys of Coastal Gaslink contractors and private security vehicles.
RCMP notified Chief Gisday’wa that they were informed of the fire by an anonymous phone call at 9 a.m. RCMP informed other Gidimt’en clan supporters that they had arrived at the site of the arson at 8:15 a.m.
Photo provided by: Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidimt’en Territory Facebook Page
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