[BCFSN] Fwd: Re: Press Release: Three Dzawada’enuxw Traditional Leaders stand against Marine Harvest Canada

[Dawn Morrison]

Please see forwarded message below for important information regarding
actions being taken to protect wild salmon.  Our most important Indigenous
food. We need people of all creeds and cultures to stand in solidarity with
Indigenous peoples on these important matters towards more deep and
meaningful truth and reconciliation.

Please share far and wide and push your governments to get the fish farms
out of the ocan!

Dawn
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Communications Coordinator" <communicationscoordinator at neskonlith.net
>
Date: Jun 1, 2017 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: Press Release: Three Dzawada’enuxw Traditional Leaders stand
against Marine Harvest Canada
To: "Judy Wilson" <judywilson at neskonlith.net>
Cc:

Cora wrote: Good Morning membership.
> For your information.
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Judy Wilson <judywilson at neskonlith.net>
> wrote:
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>> Post
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>> Chief Judy Wilson
>> judywilson at neskonlith.net or chiefjwilson61 at gmail.com
>> Cell 250-320-7738 <(250)%20320-7738>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From:* Don Bain <donb at ubcic.bc.ca>
>> *Date:* June 1, 2017 at 9:27:17 AM PDT
>> *To:* Don Bain <donb at ubcic.bc.ca>
>> *Cc:* "willieamoon at gmail.com" <willieamoon at gmail.com>, "
>> tjosephw at telus.net" <tjosephw at telus.net>, "band.administrator at kingcome.ca"
>> <band.administrator at kingcome.ca>
>> *Subject:* *Press Release: Three Dzawada’enuxw Traditional Leaders stand
>> against Marine Harvest Canada*
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Band Administrator [mailto:band.administrator at kingcome.ca
>> <band.administrator at kingcome.ca>]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 1, 2017 9:03 AM
>> *To:* Don Bain <donb at ubcic.bc.ca>
>> *Cc:* Willie Moon <willieamoon at gmail.com>; tjosephw at telus.net
>> *Subject:* Press Release
>>
>>
>>
>> *From the Houses of Hawil’kwalał, Hiwa’Kalis & Okwilagame of the
>> Dzawada’enuxw*
>>
>>
>>
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>> *PRESS RELEASE*
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>> June 1, 2017
>>
>>
>>
>> *Kingcome Inlet, BC – *Three Dzawada’enuxw Traditional Leaders whom live
>> in Kingcome Inlet, BC have made a stand against Marine Harvest Canada Inc.
>> in their attempt to file trespass charges and affirm the company’s right to
>> occupy the sea and sea floor within the traditional territory of the
>> Dzawada’enuxw People.
>>
>>
>>
>> During the Summer of 2016, several traditional leaders of various coastal
>> Nations along with members of their respective communities stood together,
>> to conduct peaceful ceremonies of cleansing on two open net fish farms
>> within the Broughton Archipelago, to voice the long-standing concerns of
>> the damage that these pens have and continue to inflict on the sea, sea
>> life and overall environment.
>>
>>
>>
>> As a result of that, Marine Harvest initially began the process of filing
>> trespass charges against Alexandra Morton, John Doe and Jane Doe. Three
>> Traditional leaders from the Dzawada’enuxw People, T. Joe Willie
>> (Hawil’kwalał from Lilawagila Namima) , Farron Soukochoff (Hiwa’Kalis from
>> Wayukwama’yi Namima ) and Willie Moon (Okwilagame from Kikudilikala Namima)
>> decided to take a stand by putting their names in place of ‘John and Jane
>> Doe.’ To assert for the greater whole of their people, their rights and
>> title over their lands and waters since time immemorial.
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 25, 2017, Marine Harvest decided to cease the file for the charges
>> and will no longer seek an injunction against the First Nations who boarded
>> their open net fish farms in the summer of 2016.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Quote from the Notice of Discontinuance: *
>>
>> *“Take Notice that the Plaintiff discontinues this proceeding against the
>> defendants, John Doe, Jane Doe and all other persons unknown to the
>> Plaintiff occupying, obstructing, blocking, or physically impeding the
>> Plaintiff’s aquaculture sites.”*
>>
>>
>>
>> The territory of the Dzawada’enuxw people remains unceded. We as the
>> First Peoples have been bestowed the responsibility of stewardship over our
>> lands, waters and resources. We are caretakers, ensuring that our future
>> generations will benefit from them as we do.
>>
>>
>>
>> We the Dzawada’enuxw maintain and reinforce our eviction letter of summer
>> 2016 for all open net fish farms to be removed from our waters and
>> territories immediately. We have been against these aquaculture sites since
>> their inception three decades ago.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mother earth has always taken care of us, and we as her children must
>> return that care to her.
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>>
>> Gilakasla.
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