Two days after police arrested 14 people there on Monday, it was hereditary chiefs who led the RCMP past a second checkpoint. It was those hereditary chiefs who helped negotiate a temporary end to the impasse. And on Thursday, it was the hereditary chiefs from the nation’s five traditional clans with whom Coastal GasLink negotiated an agreement. But at the same time, First Nations band council leaders also believe they’re fulfilling their obligations. “There can be no question now that this is an issue of Wet’suwet’en rights and title,” the camp’s statement reads.

Source: thestar January 11, 2019 03:11 UTC