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Raising Funds for Secwepemc Elder, Flo, and the late Wolverine’s Farm.  Feed the Resistance.

Cyale
means gathering place. It is the Secwepemc word for the hollow in the hillside
where people gather, such as the one on Flo’s land. Flo tells stories of how people
would come for giveaways to this place since time immemorial.

She explains that
the farm is called Cyale to continue this legacy and tradition: to grow food
for her community, for her Nation, and for other Nations fighting for their
lands.

The late Wolverine
and Flo built a farm in Adam’s Lake First Nation, near Chase in so-called BC to
grow food for people in their community and also to support Frontline Land Defenders. They have been transporting a big portion of their harvest ever year
to the Unist’ot’en Yintah and to other Indigenous Frontlines. They grow
heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables and save seeds for future use.

We are working with other supporters to raise funds for the critical infrastructure that Flo needs to keep the farm going and providing nourishment for Land Defenders.

Flo needs tractor tires which are $3800 and materials for constructing a greenhouse which we estimate at $2000.

To make a contribution to Flo, Food Sovereignty and Protection of the Land:

Mail cheques to:

Flo Sampson
Box 819
Chase Bc V0E 1M0
Canada

Email money transfer:

Brettley.Mason@gmail.com

PayPal:

aberle.britt@gmail.com

For etransfer and PayPal put “Donation to farm” in the message field

xo beyon and wulfgang

p.s. if you have any questions hit us up at voicesfrontlines@gmail.com

Voices shot an update for the wonderful Christine Jack on our last visit.  Christine Jack is a St’at’imc Life-Giver, Two-Spirit Land Defender and Spiritual Leader.  She lives on a territory called Ulluisc which is the location of ancestral villages, diverse wildlife and medicines.  Christine was asked by her Elders to defend Ulluisc and now that is what she does.  From Standing Rock to Ulluisc Defend the Lands and Waters.

(Source: https://www.facebook.com/)

https://www.voicesfrontlines.com/voices-shot-an-update-for-the-wonderful-christine/

Even though [as land defenders through out so-called BC] we might not physically be there all the time
with each other we know we’re all in it together. We know that we’re fighting the same fight
and that we’re fighting for freedom.
We’re not fighting to save one area from one pipeline, we’re not
fighting to save one thing, like a lake or the ocean, we’re all fighting for
freedom from colonization.  We’re
fighting to live as sovereign people, to be connected to our lands, to have
healthy families, to have healthy Nations. That’s what we’re fighting for.  We know that healthy lands are essential to
our existence.  It feels really good to
know that we’re not alone.  

-Molly Wickham

Molly Wickham is a Wet’suwet’en land defender, mother and hunter from
the Gitemden clan’s Spookw house.  She lives with her husband and two
children at Lhudis Bin, “The Lake Way Out There,” a place where her
ancestors and elders lived, hunted, gathered medicine and fished.  
Lhudis Bin was the planned site for a tailings pond that would hold
chemicals from mining operations on Nanika Mountain, a project that has
never moved forward.  Through her work with the Life School and
leadership with the Wet’suwet’en drum group Molly shares stories of
resistance with the next generation, passes on skills and creates the
songs that will tell the stories of these times.

Learn more about the Life School at the Cedars R.I.S.E Society.

Donations and offers of support can be made to ror.wickham@gmail.com

And cheques can be sent via snail mail to Box 3664 Smithers BC V0J 2N0

https://www.voicesfrontlines.com/even-though-as-land-defenders-through-out/

I think that we have so much to gain from living on our
territories and living the way our ancestors did.  That is why they were so strong. That is why
they were so smart and so strong physically and mentally and spiritually.  We need it, not only do we need it, but we’re
gonna be an even bigger force to be reckoned with when more of our people gain
that strength. 

 We can’t be Wet’suwet’en if we don’t have the Wet’suwet’en
lands.

-Molly Wickham

Molly Wickham is a Wet’suwet’en land defender, mother and hunter from the Gitemden clan’s Spookw house.  She lives with her husband and two children at Lhudis Bin, “The Lake Way Out There,” a place where her ancestors and elders lived, hunted, gathered medicine and fished.  Lhudis Bin was the planned site for a tailings pond that would hold chemicals from mining operations on Nanika Mountain, a project that has never moved forward.  Through her work with the Life School and leadership with the Wet’suwet’en drum group Molly shares stories of resistance with the next generation, passes on skills and creates the songs that will tell the stories of these times.

Learn more about the Life School at the Cedars R.I.S.E Society.

Donations and offers of support can be made to ror.wickham@gmail.com

And cheques can be sent via snail mail to Box 3664 Smithers BC V0J 2N0

https://www.voicesfrontlines.com/i-think-that-we-have-so-much-to-gain-from-living/