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Wet’suwet’en blockades: No more business as usual in Canada
Indigenous land defenders and their supporters are upholding the appropriate law in Canada: Wet’suwet’en law.
Indigenous land defenders and their supporters are upholding the appropriate law in Canada: Wet’suwet’en law.
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