Dear Bill,

When the Yinka Dene Alliance joined other to declare that the Northern Gateway pipelines and tankers project would not be permitted in our territories, there were many people who said the project was too big to stop. But after more than a decade of fighting the project at community rallies, shareholder meetings and in the courts, Northern Gateway is finally dead.

The fight against Enbridge was about upholding our Indigenous laws to protect the lands and waters that we all rely on. It was also about standing together. We are grateful to you and to everyone who stood alongside us. This support and unity was a major factor in defeating Northern Gateway.

That is why the Yinka Dene Alliance is donating the remainder of the money we raised in our Northern Gateway battle to the Pull Together fundraising campaign for First Nations challenging the federal approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project in court.

We hope that you will stand with us by donating to Pull Together to support First Nations’ legal battles against Kinder Morgan.

When members of the Yinka Dene Alliance and other First Nations launched legal challenges against the federal approval of Northern Gateway in 2014, people across and raised over $600,000 for our court cases through the Pull Together fundraising initiative. This made a big difference in being able to proceed with complicated and costly litigation, which we ultimately won.

Now that Pull Together has launched a new campaign to raise funds for First Nations’ legal challenges against Trans Mountain, it’s our turn to show our support. The risks posed by Trans Mountain to the water and salmon are risks borne by everyone, because the water connects us all.

While the Yinka Dene Alliance’s contribution to the Pull Together initiative is just a small fraction of the cost of a legal challenge, we hope that it encourages others to do what they can to support First Nations that are protecting their territories from the risks of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project.

Click here to support First Nations’ legal battles against Kinder Morgan today.

Thank you for all your support over the years. We are grateful for the role you played in defeating Enbridge’s Northern Gateway, and we hope that you will continue to stand up for a just and healthy future.

Mussi,

Chief Jackie Thomas Saik’uz First Nation

P.S. – With the death of Northern Gateway, we will no longer be sending regular messages through Hold the Wall. If you would like to continue to support Indigenous Nations fighting Kinder Morgan’s oil pipelines and tankers, sign up to the Union of BC Indian Chiefs’ Coast Protectors site to stay involved.