Indigenous Solidarity Tour – In PDX July 27/29th

In Solidarity with Native Peoples of this Land and our Earth

Contact: Max Wilbert, , 

Several clans of the Wetsu’wet’en First Nation have blockaded the pathway of a proposed pipeline (actually 5 pipelines including The Northern Gateway) from the Tar Sands and tracking out to the BC coast, and have asked for activists to attend an action camp in early August to support the blockade. Organizers from the group Deep Green Resistance are traveling up the Pacific coast on a tour in late July to promote the Unis’tot’en Action Camp – the site of the blockade.

The event in Portland is a materials drive to gather supplies and donations for the Unis’tot’en Action Camp. We will be gathering tents, rope, white gas fuel, climbing gear, tarps, dried/canned food, coffee, money, and anything else that is useful in a backcountry camp setting. DGR organizers will be on hand to discuss the First Nations’ fight against the Tar Sands development and colonization, as well as what it means to work in solidarity with these struggles, and the work that we do.

Portland event details:
- 7pm, Friday July 27th – Couch Park, Portland
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- 9am, Sunday July 29th – Mt. Tabor Park, Portland – near the summit parking lotwww.facebook.com/events/266185723483595/

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