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HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD (1976)

Director: Allan Arkush & Joe Dante Cinematography: Jamie Anderson

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Viennese operetta diva Rita Georg, photographed by D’Ora, in a 1926 issue of Die Moderne Welt.

(source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)

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‘That’s not the way of our ancestors’: Wet’suwet’en matriarch speaks out about pipeline conflict

Wet’suwet’en hereditary subchief Rita George says matriarchs are sickened by the ongoing pipeline conflict that has sparked rail blockades across the country

“I want the world to know why I am stepping forward as a matriarch,” the trim, curly-haired 80-year-old said in an emotional interview at the Pleasant Valley Cafe in Houston, B.C. “The world thinks the matriarchs are behind all the protests going on and that’s not true. None of the matriarchs were contacted.”

Leaders of the 20 elected bands along the pipeline route have endorsed the project, but eight hereditary house chiefs representing the five Wet’suwet’en clans are firmly opposed and have been maintaining a protest camp at the construction site.

Ms. George said the current influx of outside protesters who are pursuing their own policy goals has put a damper on the exchange of opinions inside the community. Instead, she said even the elders are afraid to voice their concerns.

A reminder that when you see “first nations protests” in Canada, the situation is often not as cut and dry as it’s made out to be.  There’s division on how the pipeline should have been handled within first nations communities, but much of the initial coverage and discussion focused on the idea that this had somehow been forced upon the tribes, rather than their elected leaders reaching a conclusion not everyone within their communities agreed with.  Certainly don’t take this one woman’s opinion as gospel, but do remember that the story might not be what you think it is, before reblogging a post about what’s typically a fairly complex and multifaceted issue that’s a bit too straight forward to possibly cover the even the most basic elements of the story.