Street Medics Support Blockades and Actions in Wilderness Areas

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7s-BgfcFXw)

The Unist'ot'en (C’ihlts’ehkhyu / Big Frog Clan) are the original Wet’suwet’en Yintah Wewat Zenli distinct to the lands of the Wet’suwet’en. Over time in Wet’suwet’en History, the other clans developed and were included throughout Wet’suwet’en Territories. The Unist'ot'en are known as the toughest of the Wet’suwet’en as their territories were not only abundant, but the terrain was known to be very treacherous. The Unist'ot'en recent history includes taking action to protect their lands from Lions Gate Metals at their Tacetsohlhen Bin Yintah, and building a cabin and resistance camp at Talbits Kwah at Gosnell Creek and Wedzin Kwah (Morice River which is a tributary to the Skeena and Bulkley River) from seven proposed pipelines from Tar Sands Gigaproject and LNG from the Horn River Basin Fracturing Projects in the Peace River Region. (https://unistoten.camp/)

Representatives with the Wet’suwet’en Nation testified virtually to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) about the unjust criminalization of land defenders opposing the construction of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) liquified natural gas pipeline on the Nation’s unceded ancestral territory. They also decried Canada’s and British Columbia’s decision to construct the pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory without the free, prior, and informed consent of the Nation — a violation of the Nation’s rights under Wet’suwet’en law, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (https://www.yintahaccess.com/)

Street medics may support blockades and actions in wilderness areas.  Wilderness Medicine Considerations for the Urban Medic - (https://www.jems.com/equipment-gear/wilderness-medicine-considerations-for-the-urban-medic/)

Distinct from urban actions, backwoods actions take place in the wilderness itself. They are the tree-sits, the cat and mouse games, the reconnaissance and scouting missions, the hunt sabotages, and the blockades that activists independently use to protect remote areas under siege.

The risk of injury and arrest can be higher in backwoods actions. The helplessness and frustration you can feel when you don’t know how to help someone when they’re hurt or when you and your friends are being chased down by cops and loggers in the woods can be paralyzing. So, activists need to be prepared, well-practiced in backwoods skills, and familiar with the area they are defending. (https://archive.org/details/direct_action_manual_3)